Lesbian stabbed to death in South Africa amid recent surge in anti-LGBTQ crimes Muri Assunção © Provided by New York Daily News Phelokazi Ndlwana, a lesbian, was stabbed to death in South Africa amid a recent surge in anti-LGBTQ crimes.
Phelokazi Ndlwana, a 24-year-old woman from South Africa, was stabbed to death in a township near Cape Town earlier this week in a suspected hate crime.
Ndlwana, an aspiring young chef who lived her life openly as a lesbian, is the latest in a string of brutal attacks on members of the LGBTQ community.
According to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of South Africa, she was murdered in the Khayelitsha township on Sunday.
Lesbian killed in S Africa amid surge in anti-LGBTQ crimes
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South African gay man found dead on his 22nd birthday
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Gay man found dead on his 22nd birthday is South Africa’s 4th LGBTQ person killed in a month; Suspect, 17, arrested © Twitter Lonwabo Jack
A gay man in South Africa was found dead on Sunday in what’s believed to be the fourth LGBTQ killing in less than a month, according to local media reports.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance of South Africa (GLASA) said in a statement that Lonwabo Jack was on his way home from celebrating his 22nd birthday when he was raped and murdered in his Western Cape neighborhood.
The victim was “found with a stab wound to the chest,” according to police. He was later identified by a relative.
22-year-old Lonwabo Jack has been named as the latest LGBT+ murder victim in South Africa (Facebook)
Police in South Africa are investigating the killing of a young gay man – Lonwabo Jack – who’s believed to be the country’s fourth LGBT+ murder victim in less than a month.
The body of the 22-year-old was found with stab wounds in a pool of blood on Sunday (18 April) in Mau-Mau, Nyanga East. He died on his birthday, according to the Lesbian Alliance Of South Africa (GLASA).
Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana told
IOL that no arrests had been made yet, and that allegations of rape had also formed part of the investigation.