A dog would have been treated better than Anene Booyson, her neighbors said.
The
17-year-old South African girl was gang molestd then mutilated to death
in Bredasdorp, a tiny, rural town about two hours southeast of Cape
Town, authorities said.
But for whatever reason -- perhaps the
sheer brutality, perhaps a new awareness to the matter -- the molest and
killing of Booyson has been different. It has stirred outrage in
Bredasdorp and, in fact, throughout South Africa, from people shocked
that a young woman like Booyson could suffer so much.
"I don't
know what we must do, but we must do something," said Sophia Europa,
from Bredasdorp, fighting off tears. "Otherwise, there is no use giving
birth to a baby boy if men treat women lower than animals."
A
security guard found Booyson's body February 2 at a construction site
not far from where she lived, police Capt. F.C. Van Wyk said.
Booyson's
injuries were so severe that her family asked authorities not to give
details, said Faiza Steyn, a Western Cape Health Department spokeswoman.
I pray the perpetrators got found and hanged. Sad vile people
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