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Published on 2024-03-20 02:45:00
Rape and murder. The body of a 15-year-old girl, her lower body naked, lay on the ground in Ambodivoninkely Ambohimanarina where passersby discovered it yesterday.
Heinous crime. A 15-year-old teenage girl was found dead near a dump in Ambodivoninkely Ambohimanarina yesterday morning. She was a victim of aggravated rape and murder, according to her devastated family.
She was still wearing her black sweater and her skirt appeared torn. Her underwear was removed and dragged alongside her with her sandals.
Her throat had bruises, as if she had been strangled. “She was deflowered. We confirm that she was a wise and innocent girl. She had never been with a boy until this age. We are deeply saddened by what happened to her,” explains her uncle, looking distraught. The whole family and he were waiting for the autopsy outside the morgue of the Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital. The body of the deceased was deposited there by the municipal hygiene van.
Originally from Ambatotsipihana-Antanifotsy, the victim came to settle in the capital and work as a nanny. For some time, she had been living with her cousin. She particularly wanted to take care of her sister-in-law who will soon give birth.
Questioned
Every day at 5 a.m., she went out with other girls to deliver “caca pigeon” or small fried Malagasy salty biscuits. She then sold the rest that was not ordered by her customers. That’s what she did on Monday.
“Her friends and she each have their route. Usually, she returns home by 11 a.m. But that day, she did not come back home. So we went to Ampasika where we often see her. Those we questioned there said they met her. According to them, she headed towards Andohatapenaka. There again, people met her near the Manarapenitra hospital. She would have taken the road to Ambohitrimanjaka where she finally disappeared,” explains her uncle.
The girl did not have a phone. Her family searched for her everywhere in the evening and all night, without success. She urgently joined Ambodivoninkely as soon as she learned the sad news yesterday. An investigation has been opened by the criminal brigade.
Hajatiana Léonard
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