EASTERN CAPE. – The decomposed body of 11-year-old Athi Zimi Mnguni, who had been missing since 30 August, was found on Thursday in a river at the Nomcamba settlement in the Zinduneni administrative area near Ngqeleni. Local residents who were hunting in the bush came upon her body.
Col. Siphokazi Mawisa, police spokesperson, says Mnguni's body was identified by her family and members of the community. She was still wearing the clothes she had on when she disappeared. Mnguni was reported missing to Ngqeleni police on 30 August after she disappeared at around 16:00 while playing with other children at a nearby sports field. According to police, she lived with an intellectual disability.
A multidisciplinary search by members of the Mthatha unit for family violence, child protection and sexual offences, Ngqeleni police, the K9 unit, mounted unit and members of the community followed, but initially yielded no results.
Police have not yet disclosed what caused Mnguni's death.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
