Gauteng police searching for woman linked to mutilated body in suitcase

Gauteng police searching for a woman linked to mutilated body in suitcase

The police in Gauteng are looking for a 33-year-old Zimbabwean woman linked to the discovery of a mutilated body in Wattville, Benoni.

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he 33-year-old fled when police caught her and a 53-year-old man with a mutilated body inside a suitcase.


 


Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhuluwi says the man was arrested on Saturday.


 


"The Crime Prevention Wardens were conducting patrols when they came across a man and woman pushing a heavy suitcase. The pair was stopped, and while searching the bag, the woman ran away, and a mutilated body was found inside the bag.


 


"Further investigations by the detectives revealed that the woman is the victim's girlfriend, and were staying together at Actonville.


 


"The circumstances that led to the gruesome murder are unknown at this stage," said Nevhuhuluwi.


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