EC man arrested after body of beheaded nephew found
Police say the young child and his seven-year-old sister were left with the uncle at their grandmother's house.
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A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after his four-year-old nephew was found beheaded at Tsomo in the Eastern Cape.
Police say the young child and his seven-year-old sister were left with the uncle at their grandmother's house.
Police spokesperson, Namhla Mdleleni says the girl made the gruesome discovery when she came back home from school on Thursday.
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She found her baby brother’s body covered with a cloth.
Police later found the child's head on a tree outside the home.
The suspect is due in court on Monday.
