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| Olorato Mongale: Suspect in South Africa student's murder killed in police shootout | Olorato Mongale: Suspect in South Africa student's murder killed in police shootout |
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| Olorato Mongale's murder has sparked public outrage and calls for justice | Olorato Mongale's murder has sparked public outrage and calls for justice |
| A suspect wanted for the murder of a South African university student has been killed in a shootout with the police. | A suspect wanted for the murder of a South African university student has been killed in a shootout with the police. |
| The man was linked to the death of Olorato Mongale, whose body was found in Johannesburg on Sunday, about two hours after she was reported missing having gone on a date. | |
| In the early hours of Friday morning, police officers found the main suspect hiding at a residential complex in the coastal town of Amanzimtoti, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said. | In the early hours of Friday morning, police officers found the main suspect hiding at a residential complex in the coastal town of Amanzimtoti, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said. |
| The suspect, who has not been named by the police, shot at the officers, who returned fire and killed him, Brigadier Mathe added. | The suspect, who has not been named by the police, shot at the officers, who returned fire and killed him, Brigadier Mathe added. |
| Ms Mongale's death has sparked a fierce debate about the levels of violence faced by women in South Africa. | Ms Mongale's death has sparked a fierce debate about the levels of violence faced by women in South Africa. |
| In an impassioned statement, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu called the killing "inhumane" and "gruesome", adding: "To all men, this is a plea - simple, urgent, and human: Please, stop killing women." | |
| The search for two other men linked to Mongale's killing continues, while police have arrested the parents of the deceased suspect. | |
| The suspect's mother is accused of enabling him to "evade arrest" by tipping him off about the police's presence at her house. | The suspect's mother is accused of enabling him to "evade arrest" by tipping him off about the police's presence at her house. |
| The police also said that the suspect's father is the owner of a VW Polo allegedly used in Ms Mongale's murder. | |
| Earlier this week, the police named the three suspects linked to the killing as Fezile Ngubane, Philangenkosi Sibongokuhle Makhanya and Bongani Mthimkhulu. | |
| Two of them - Mr Makhanya and Mr Mthimkhulu - were last month arrested for kidnapping and robbing a woman in KwaZulu-Natal, using the same VW Polo involved in Ms Mongale's murder but had been freed on bail, police said. | |
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