CAPE TIMES, Capetown, Monday, 30 June 2008.
A 16-year-old boy died on Saturday after being
circumcised, bringing the initiation death toll to 10
in the past week, the Eastern
Cape department of health said.
"The boy died after he was initiated at a school in
the village of Gxulu, on the outskirts of Mthatha,"
said spokesperson Sizwe Kupela.
He said the boy died while on the way to hospital
during the early hours of Saturday morning.
"When police went to the school to investigate, they
found that it had been deserted... the community told
police that all initiates at the school were sent home,
and that the person who was responsible for the
circumcisions had disappeared."
The nine others had died in various parts of the
Eastern Cape since last Monday.
Police were searching for the man and investigating
the increasing number of deaths, Kupela said. -
Sapa
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