Man arrested for ritual murder

A 42-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman and removing parts of her body in Thohoyandou, Limpopo police said today. The man's arrest follows the murder last year of a 35-year-old woman, said Ailwei Mushavhanamadi, a police spokesperson.

"He was arrested yesterday after a DNA test linked him to the woman's murder," said Mushavhanamadi. The woman was apparently killed while fetching wood at a mountain with her children. "Her upper lip and hands were cut off," said Mushavhanamadi.

Following the woman's death, her husband was arrested, but was acquitted last week because there was no enough evidence linking him to the killing. Mushavhanamadi said the arrested man was also linked to a number of ritual killings in the area.

He is expected to appear in the Mutale Magistrate's Court outside Thohoyandou on Monday. – Reuters