Western Cape police have confirmed they are on the hunt for the killer of Nhlamulo Sambo who was stabbed to death on Sunday, May 31, in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay.<\/p>\n
According to police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Christopher Spies, the 19-year-old was stabbed after he got into an altercation with another man.<\/p>\n
Spies said police were called to the scene and they found the teen with a stab wound to the chest. <\/p>\n
“He was declared dead by paramedics on scene. The suspect fled the scene. He is yet to be arrested,” said Spies.<\/p>\n
Spies added that police are still investigating\u00a0circumstances surrounding the killing.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, his family claims that the teen was killed during riots reportedly linked to alleged protests against foreign nationals.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
The mother also asked for donations to transport her son back to Limpopo where he will be buried.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“My 19-year-old little brother was stabbed to death on the 31st of May during the xenophobic riots\/protests in Western Cape Mossel Bay his fault was being Tsonga in a Xhosa community we are deeply hurt as family about this inhumane act; justice must be served. We will not be silent,” she wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n
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