No arrests yet for murder of 8-year-old KZN girl
Police say no arrests have been made yet in connection with the murder of an eight-year-old girl on the south coast.
It's been a week since the child's body was discovered on a riverbank in the Makhoso area.
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KZN police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says she was seen heading home after school in Hibberdene two weeks before that.
"The little girl could have been raped before she was dumped in the reed, an area which was always going to be difficult to assess.
"The absence of a school bag raised the suspicions that the area in which she was found could have been the secondary crime scene."
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