'I killed my Zozo': Man's Facebook post after MUT student Zolile Khumalo's murder
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A social media post voicing regret at the killing of Mangosuthu University of Technology student Zolile Khumalo on Tuesday night was posted in the moments after her death.
A post made under his name on Facebook stated: “Everything has turned into memories. If I could‚ I would wake you up so we can talk and fix our mistakes. Unfortunately she left me before I could tell her that I forgive her.”
In replies to comments on the post‚ the author penned: “I killed my Zozo... if only I had stayed at home and cooled off‚ this wouldn’t be like this.”
Khumalo was shot at her Lonsdale Hotel residence on Durban’s Point.
Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Thulani Zwane said that the gunman was taken into police custody at the scene.
“A 21-year-old woman was fatally shot by a 23-year-old man. The suspect was arrested at the scene and the firearm was seized. The motive for the killing is unknown at this stage‚” Zwane said on Wednesday.
MUT students are gathering outside the Durban Magistrate Court on Thursday‚ with social media campaigning over femicide gaining momentum in the wake of Khumalo’s death.