Lesotho police say the key suspect was gunned down as she hailed a taxi in Maseru ©Hlompho Letsielo (AFP) |
The wife of a Danish man
who was caught in South Africa last month with 21 pieces of female genitalia in
his freezer has been killed in Lesotho, police said Thursday. The Lesotho national and
a key witness in the case against her husband, was shot on Tuesday outside her
home in the capital Maseru.
Her
58-year-old husband, who owned a gun shop, was arrested last month in the South
African city of Bloemfontein, and is due to appear in court on November 4 to
face charges of sexual assault.
He
has been held in custody since his last court hearing earlier this month.
AFP report continues:
Anaesthetic
drugs and surgical equipment were found in his house along with the female
genitalia.
Lesotho
police told AFP that she was gunned down as she went to call a taxi.
"We
are not in a position to confirm or deny that [she] might have been killed in
an organized hit as this would jeopardize our investigations,” Lesotho police
spokesman Clifford Molefe said.
The
accused Danish man allegedly sedated his victims before performing illegal
operations, the South African police said in a statement in September.
Under
South African law, alleged sex offenders cannot be named until they have
entered a plea in court.
His
wife was allegedly one of his victims, most of whom the police say came from
Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom surrounded by South Africa.
"We
did offer her protection, but she refused," South African police spokesman
Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi told AFP.
"She
was a key witness, but we still have other witnesses who will come
forward."
No arrests have been made
over her death.
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