Horror As 9 Year Old Murders 4 Year Old Sister
21 March 2018
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By Paul Nyathi

A community from Ndwande Village under Chief Mabhikwa in Lupane is in shock after a nine year old girl teamed up with her Grade One neighbour and tied her four year old sister’s hands and legs before beating her to death with a stick on Monday.

The two children allegedly committed the murder at around 3pm on Monday and hid the body in the bush.

Village sources indicated that the community was given an SOS message by the deceased’s family when the ECD child did not return from school.

The village went out on a huge search for the child until the younger boy opened up on what they had done.

Speaking to state media, the grand mother said both girls had missed lessons on Monday as she had travelled to Lupane Centre for some business.

“As soon as I arrived home around 6PM I noticed that the younger girl was missing and I asked her sister of her whereabouts.

“She said she didn’t know where her sister was. I relaxed a bit thinking she was at one of our neighbours’ homes.

“As it became darker I got worried and started looking for her at our neighbours’. The Grade One boy eventually revealed they had left her sleeping in the bush,” said the elderly woman.

She said the four-year-old girl had recently been sent home from South Africa while she had lived with the elder one since she was a baby.

“I returned home and questioned the elder sister about her sibling’s whereabouts. She fled from the house. We discovered her sleeping in the pig sty early this morning,” said the old woman.

“My husband and I interrogated the Grade One boy. He told us the elder girl tied her sister’s hands and legs together and they beat her up until she looked dead. He directed us to the scene where we found her lifeless body,” she said.

The body was eventually found at about midnight.

Villagers said the elder sister often told her friends she hated her younger sibling because she pretended to be better than everyone else, simply because she had come from South Africa.

The siblings’ parents are both based in South Africa.

The police Victim Friendly Unit took the two children to Lupane Police Station.