Peace reigns since deportation of �Sebina Monster�

Friday, January 26, 2018

Some items that were burnt in a room of crossroads Complex PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: Post the theft, arson, rape and murder cases that gripped Sebina, Marobela and surrounding villages between October 2012 and April 2013, calm now reigns supreme in the villages following a restive period.

In the aftermath of the gruesome incidents, residents of the above villages, especially women, imposed a temporary curfew upon themselves not to visit fields and cattleposts, which are the mainstay of their livelihoods for fear of their lives.

The villagers finally found peace after a Zimbabwean man dubbed the ‘Sebina Monster’ was arraigned in court and sentenced to jail for five years in August 2014.

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Peace reigns since deportation of �Sebina Monster�

FRANCISTOWN: Post the theft, arson, rape and murder cases that gripped Sebina, Marobela and surrounding villages between October 2012 and April 2013, calm now reigns supreme in the villages following a restive period.

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