According to a South African gay rights group, a 23-year-old gay man was killed and mutilated on Saturday in a hate crime. Police are investigating.
Thapelo Makutle was found dead early on Saturday morning, with his throat cut. Police say they are investigating the crime as a murder, and that a motive is unknown.
However, a spokesman for the gay rights group in northwestern South Africa, Jabu Pereira said today that the killing was a hate crime... read more.
