Alleged xenophobic violence claims life of Mossel Bay teen: Community in outrage

Nhlamulo Sambo was stabbed on death on Sunday, May 31, in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay. Western Cape police are actively pursuing the suspect responsible for the brutal stabbing death of 19-year-old Nhlamulo Sambo in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay, on Sunday, May 31. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Christopher Spies confirmed that Sambo was fatally injured during a violent altercation with another man, prompting an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Spies said police were called to the scene and they found the teen witha stab wound to the chest. He is yet to be arrested,” said Spies. Spies added that police are still investigating circumstances surrounding the killing.

Meanwhile, his family claims that the teen was killedduring riots reportedly linked to alleged protests against foreign nationals. during riots reportedly linked to alleged protests against foreign nationals. “They killed my son like a dog saying that he’s a foreigner whereas my child is a Tsonga, a South African citizen from Limpopo in Giyani,” his mother,Nkateko Sambo said in a video.

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“They killed my son like a dog saying that he’s a foreigner whereas my child is a Tsonga, a South African citizen from Limpopo in Giyani,” his mother, The mother also asked for donations to transport her son back to Limpopo where he will be buried. “I’m very hurt and painful because I’m unemployed and they killed my child and I have to take my child back home to bury him on Saturday,” she said. In a statement, his Nonhlanhla Sambo, said his brother was sleeping with a friend when he was forcibly removed from the house and killed for speaking Xitsonga.

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