/ 17 October 2006

Limpopo schoolgirl stabbed 28 times

A Limpopo schoolgirl was fatally stabbed 28 times by her boyfriend as they walked home from school, police said on Tuesday.

Superintendent Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said a manhunt had been launched for the 21-year-old youth, who attacked 17-year-old Pinky Maduwa with a sharp instrument at about 1pm on Monday.

”He’s nowhere to be found,” he said.

Both were pupils at the Vhuvauvhu School, outside Makado. Maduwa was in grade 11. – Sapa