A Malawian man has been found dead in bushes with his penis hacked off.
Peter Shavula was last seen alive on Sunday evening during the World Cup final at a shebeen in Samora Machel.
But on Monday evening, his mutilated and naked body was found in bushes in the area with deep stab injuries to his neck and chest, and a piece of unidentified flesh was found a few metres from his corpse.
Police say the 33-year-old man's girlfriend last saw him with two friends before his body was found in the bushes used as a toilet by locals.
Peter's friend Bahati Phiri, 30, said he was worried when the young man didn't make it home on Sunday night.
"I helped to look for him because he had never gone missing before," he said.
"His girlfriend was approached by people who saw Peter's body in the bushes.
"I don't know if it was a xenophobic attack because no one else has been beaten or threatened in our area."
But when the Daily Voice visited the scene at around 6.30pm on Monday night, locals indicated that the attack was linked to the latest surge in xenophobic violence.
Nyanga police spokeswoman Ntomboxolo Sitshitshi said the incident was being investigated as a random murder and not an attack on foreign nationals.
Anyone with information is asked to call Nyanga cops at 021 380 3320 or Crimestop on 08600 10111. - Daily Voice
Peter Shavula was last seen alive on Sunday evening during the World Cup final at a shebeen in Samora Machel.
But on Monday evening, his mutilated and naked body was found in bushes in the area with deep stab injuries to his neck and chest, and a piece of unidentified flesh was found a few metres from his corpse.
Police say the 33-year-old man's girlfriend last saw him with two friends before his body was found in the bushes used as a toilet by locals.
Peter's friend Bahati Phiri, 30, said he was worried when the young man didn't make it home on Sunday night.
"I helped to look for him because he had never gone missing before," he said.
"His girlfriend was approached by people who saw Peter's body in the bushes.
"I don't know if it was a xenophobic attack because no one else has been beaten or threatened in our area."
But when the Daily Voice visited the scene at around 6.30pm on Monday night, locals indicated that the attack was linked to the latest surge in xenophobic violence.
Nyanga police spokeswoman Ntomboxolo Sitshitshi said the incident was being investigated as a random murder and not an attack on foreign nationals.
Anyone with information is asked to call Nyanga cops at 021 380 3320 or Crimestop on 08600 10111. - Daily Voice
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