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Police in South Africa say Desmond Tutu's home was burgled while he was away to attend a memorial honouring Nelson Mandela. Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend the memorial honouring Nelson Mandela, police said on Wednesday, marking the third time in recent years thieves have targeted him.
A statement on Wednesday from the South African police service said the burglary of the retired archbishop's home in Cape Town happened between 7pm and 9pm on Tuesday. That was the day the 82-year-old Nobel peace prize laureate and enemy of apartheid spoke at the memorial service at a football stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. Robbers hit Tutu's home in Cape Town on Tuesday after nightfall the same day the Nobel Peace prize laureate spoke at the memorial service honouring his fellow anti-apartheid fighter Mandela in Johannesburg.
The statement said: "At this stage, we cannot give further details, as the investigation into the matter is still ongoing. No arrests have been made as yet." No arrests had been made so far, a police statement said. It provided no further details, citing the ongoing investigation.
Tutu's home was burgled in August as he and his wife slept inside. Both were unhurt. Tutu's spokesman, Roger Friedman, confirmed the robbery. Tutu and his wife couldn't immediately establish what had been stolen, he said.
Burglaries are not rare in South Africa, where many homes feature barred windows and electric fencing.
In August, robbers broke into Tutu's Cape Town home while he and his wife Leah were sleeping. The two weren't harmed. In 2007, thieves broke into his home in Johannesburg's Soweto township and stole, among other things, his Nobel Prize medal. Police later recovered it.
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