Times Live
April 22, 2015
Police are combing a small KwaZulu-Natal midlands town for the killers of an elderly nun‚ who was allegedly robbed‚ raped and strangled over the weekend.
The 86-year-old nun was found gagged and bound with a typewriter cord‚ in her quarters at the Sacred Heart Missionary in Ixopo‚ police said on Monday.
The Austrian immigrant‚ who has been with the mission for 60 years‚ was found by another nun on Sunday morning.
She was alone in her room when the robbers struck‚ tied her up and robbed her of cash.
“Rape is also suspected in this matter. The victim was found tied with a typewriter cord. She was also gagged‚” said police spokesman Major Thulani Zwane.