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Suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Andile Mchunu. This was after the community of Hambanathi initiated a powerful Social media campaign to find him under the hashtag #JusticeForBobo after he was seen on video being beaten, brutalized and barely conscious at a local tarven called Magagula lounge. He was beaten until his whole body went numb of pain and he eventually succumbed to his injuries.
Andile’s lifeless body was then dumped in Newtown river by the perpertrators, to destroy evidence linking them to the murder.
Three other suspects in his kidnapping and subsequent murder have also been arrested following a confession by one of the perpetrators who was identified as Luyanda "Tuwa" Mshana.
Andile “Bobo” Mbutho who was 16 years old at the time of his death was a student at Nkosibomvu Secondary School, a local high school in Hambanathi township. His body was dumped at Newtown river, north of Tongaat, KwaZulu Natal. The police have initiated a process to recover his body from the bottom of the river. Brigadier Jay Naicker, the police spokesperson was unavailable for comment at the time of publishing this article.
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