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My battle with the Kei Ripper (No way I was gonna give him my genitals, nope)
 A BUTTERWORTH man came face-to-face with the Kei Ripper this week and fought for his life as the crazed knifeman demanded his genitals.The wounds on Macebo Langeni's face and head are vivid after his brush with the suspected serial killer on Tuesday night. The 41-year-old recognised his assailant from posters around town and knew instantly he was confronted by a man wanted for a string of muti murders in the area. IIUC, "muti" or "muthi" seems to mean the parts are to be used for witchcraft. The man, wearing dreadlocks, approached Langeni on the dirt road to Ngxalatha village after dark, pulled out a large knife and said he only needed his private parts. "I laughed at him thinking he was just joking," said Langeni from his home yesterday. "Then when he grabbed me by my private parts I knew he was being serious. He was so powerful and we wrestled. I was tired but never gave up." Langeni said the suspect fitted the description of the man who butchered little Vika Nqwiliso, 9, of Mcucuzo village last month at a site only 2km away. The child was disembowelled in front of his three friends, who later helped police with the identikit. Three other people have since been murdered in Butterworth and Dutywa, about 30km away, and in each case organs and external body parts were removed. Police have now linked all five cases to the same suspect. Langeni's ordeal began just after 8pm as he went home from work. The attacker jumped out of a bush. Langeni instinctively grabbed an empty bottle for protection. "He told me straight what he was looking for and he never said any word after that." In their struggle, the man kept targeting Langeni's genitals with his knife. "It was painful and when he pushed a knife into my trousers, I pushed him and he lost balance. ... he kept on touching my private parts. I was just lucky as his knife wouldn't reach them, but he stabbed me several times. Eventually, the man ran away but not before stabbing Langeni in the back of his neck and in his head, and the tip of his nose which was nicked off. "I was bleeding and I think a prayer saved me." Three villagers found Langeni and took him home. The next day he went to hospital and was discharged after treatment. Police are still searching for the suspect, who has terrorised the area for three weeks. A week after the chilling murder of young Nqwiliso the body of an unidentified man was found dumped in Tutura village with his genitals missing. Nobijolo Dulini, 75, and a 47-year- old man were found dead last weekend at a Dutywa quarry. Both had their faces mutilated and body parts removed. Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-11-07 |
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