A man will appear in court on Monday in connection with the shocking murders of two teenage girls at a school hostel in the North West over the weekend.
The bodies of the two girls‚ aged 16 and 17‚ were discovered by a hostel matron at the Stella High School in Stella on Saturday morning.
“The matron found the body of the 17-year-old girl hanging from the rails of the staircase in the hostel. She alerted the school management and the police were summoned. Upon investigation‚ the police discovered the second body with a string around her neck at the hostel's bathroom‚” the police said.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Funani said a 19-year-old man will be appearing in court on Monday in connection with the murders. The suspect is believed to be an ex-boyfriend of one of the girls.
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) in the North West meanwhile has questioned how a culprit gained access to the hostel when there was supposed to be 24-hour security at the premises.
“We need answers as to why nobody heard any commotion or realised that something was amiss until the bodies were discovered‚” Sanco's provincial chairperson Paul Sebegoe said.
“We condemn in the strongest terms possible the heinous and ghastly acts‚ and trust that the arrested suspect will be denied bail. He should face the wrath of the law if he is found to be responsible for the outrageous murders which have sent shockwaves across the country‚” said Sebegoe.
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