'When she fell asleep she would scream and wake calling her killers' names'.
Jackie added: ‘I was completely hysterical – everyone loved her. Who would have wanted to hurt her like this?’
Police spokesperson colonel Priscilla Naidu said a murder investigation had been opened by the Provincial Organised Crime Investigation department, which may imply the attack could be linked to gang crime.3. Verushka passed away at the hospital a couple of hours later. Police are investigating a suspected hit, and the investigation is now in the hands of the Gang Unit. Police also confirmed that her phone was stolen from the scene. No one has been arrested yet. Fly high, Sister.
The nation has long been one of the most dangerous countries for women and was dubbed the world’s worst country for female solo travellers by the Women’s Danger Index in 2019. South African women are killed by their intimate partners at a rate five times higher than the global average, according to research published in the South African Family Practice scientific journal in March.
Local anti-gender-based violence organisation Women for Change posted about Verushka, saying: ‘Fly high, Sister.’
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