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IN PICTURES | Cape Town mourns brutal killing of Uyinene Mrwetyana

Hundreds gathered to pay tribute to slain University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana on Tuesday.

UCT mourns the brutal killing of one of their own, Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was raped and bludgeoned to death inside a Claremont post office in Cape Town.
UCT mourns the brutal killing of one of their own, Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was raped and bludgeoned to death inside a Claremont post office in Cape Town. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)

Hundreds gathered to pay tribute to slain University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana on Tuesday. 

It coincided with a nationwide demonstration of solidarity with dozens of women who had been brutally raped and killed in the country during national women's month.

UCT students write messages of remembrance for slain student Uyinene Mrwetyana. File photo.
UCT students write messages of remembrance for slain student Uyinene Mrwetyana. File photo. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)

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UCT students mill around a painting of the slain 19-year-old.
UCT students mill around a painting of the slain 19-year-old. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
UCT students pay tribute to Uyinene Mrwetyana.
UCT students pay tribute to Uyinene Mrwetyana. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
Flowers outside the Post Office in Claremont in the Western Cape where Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and killed.
Flowers outside the Post Office in Claremont in the Western Cape where Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and killed. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
A woman pays her last respects to UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana outside the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont in the Western Cape.
A woman pays her last respects to UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana outside the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont in the Western Cape. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
Women enter the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont in the Western Cape to remember UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana who was raped and killed there.
Women enter the Clareinch Post Office in Claremont in the Western Cape to remember UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana who was raped and killed there. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
A poster outside the Clareinch Post Office after the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana.
A poster outside the Clareinch Post Office after the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
Women hold a prayer meeting inside the Post Office where Uyinene Mrwetyana was killed.
Women hold a prayer meeting inside the Post Office where Uyinene Mrwetyana was killed. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
Women weep inside the Clareinch post office where UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and murdered. Not much seems to have changed a year later, says the writer.
Women weep inside the Clareinch post office where UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and murdered. Not much seems to have changed a year later, says the writer. (Esa Alexander)
Women mourn the death of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana at the Clareinch post office, where she was apparently lured by her attacker.
Women mourn the death of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana at the Clareinch post office, where she was apparently lured by her attacker. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)
Women embrace as they mourn the death of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana at the Clareinch post office in Cape Town where she was killed.
Women embrace as they mourn the death of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana at the Clareinch post office in Cape Town where she was killed. (Esa Alexander / Sunday Times)

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