MINOR WRAPPED WITH TAPE, STUFFED IN PLASTIC

MBABANE – Evil. This noun best describes the gruesome murder of a two-year-old girl, allegedly by her mother.

The minor was wrapped with masking tape all over the body then stuffed in a big carry-bag.

The incident, which has been described by some people as devilish, occurred near the Mavuso Trade and Exhibition Centre in Manzini on Thursday.

According to an impeccable source, a woman was seen carrying a child on her back by some men who were working near the Centre around 4:30pm.

The child was crying hysterically, the source narrated.

“Men being men, they shouted at the woman to mind the child. She reacted by scolding the crying minor to be quiet. She also threatened to beat up the child if she continued crying,” the source alleged.

The informer said the woman walked towards an abandoned house near the Centre.

She is said to have first hesitated to enter into the house. 

Notice

The source said the men took little notice of the woman, but noted that she had entered into the structure.

“After a couple of minutes, the men saw the woman emerging from the house without the child.  

“Since the house was at a distance from the men – they shouted asking about the child. Instead of responding, the woman quickened her pace,” the source narrated.

Out of curiosity, the source said some of the men rushed to the abandoned structure.

Inside the incomplete structure, the source said the men found a huge plastic bag.

When they opened it, the source said the men made a horrific discovery.

“The little body had masking tape wrapped around both legs and her whole face. Their immediate reaction was to look for the woman. Unfortunately, she had disappeared,” the source said.

Dead

Police were called to the scene and the child was transported to hospital where she was certified dead on arrival.

Deputy Police Information and Communications Officer Inspector Nosipho Mnguni confirmed the incident.

She disclosed that a woman had been arrested in connection with the murder.

Mnguni pointed out that police officers, after receiving a tip-off, arrested the woman while at Fairview, last night.

At the time of compiling this report, the suspect was being interrogated by officers.  

She said they had noted with concern a rise in murders in recent weeks.

However, Mnguni said she did not have statistics of such cases at the moment.

Last week, a 28-year-old woman is alleged to have poisoned her one-year-old twins.

The woman, Nobuhle Sarah Malindzisa is alleged to have forced the twins to ingest weevil tablets.

According to Nobuhle’s uncle, Borman Malindzisa, the family believed that she might have been struggling to raise the children alone after being dumped by their father.

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