2026-09-21 12:16:29 北美东部夏令时 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
南非警方周一表示，他们已就约翰内斯堡东部社区发现的9名女性遇害案中的1起逮捕了3人，这一系列谋杀案令全国震惊。
两个月内，9具尸体在肯普顿帕克被陆续发现，这引发了民众的恐慌与愤怒，当局正在调查是否为一名或多名连环凶手作案。
警方称，上周末，警方逮捕了一名男子和两名女子，他们与9月17日发现遗体的第九名受害者贾布利勒·恩廷巴的谋杀案有关。
与大多数案件一样，她的尸体被发现于路边，衣着不全。
“目前似乎有迹象表明，她的谋杀可能源于情感纠纷，包括被描述为可能存在三角恋的情况，”警方副总警监特贝洛·莫西基利说道。
南非警察局法医病理服务部门人员于2026年9月17日在博克斯堡一处发现女性尸体的犯罪现场开展工作。伊曼纽尔·克罗塞/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄
尽管南非政府多年来一直承诺解决性别暴力问题，甚至将其列为全国性灾难，但性别-based暴力在南非仍是普遍顽疾。
南非警方已公开警告女性，在该地区慢跑等活动时需保持谨慎。
总统西里尔·拉马福萨周一呼应了警方的承诺，表示将追究凶手的责任。
“我们将竭尽所能缉拿这些凶手，”他对记者说道，并誓言将采取更多措施打击针对女性的暴力行为。
“我们将投入更多资金、更多资源、更多技术，以确保女性不再遭受恐惧威胁，”他说道。
此次逮捕行动使警方因肯普顿帕克谋杀案被拘留的人数增至4人。
“尽管调查必须确定这些案件是否存在关联，但一名或多名凶手可能以女性为目标的可能性，需要我们立即采取坚定行动予以关注，”代理警务部长菲罗兹·卡查利亚在一份声明中说道。“已成立多学科调查组，以审查案件之间的可能关联，确定凶手身份并将其绳之以法。”
一名法医于2026年9月15日周二在南非斯普林斯夸特赫马的一处路边发现第六具疑似女性尸体的现场开展工作。美联社
警方称，另一名因7月发现尸体的女性谋杀案被捕的男子仍被羁押，预计将于10月28日再次出庭受审。
“我们不会为了急于逮捕而仓促推进调查。我们欠受害者、欠受害者家属、也欠正义一个公正的结果，”莫西基利说道。
另有消息称，警方周日在约翰内斯堡南部的索韦托发现另一名女性的尸体，其尸体被裹在羽绒被中，弃置于水坝附近。
警方还表示，另有两名涉嫌连环强奸犯将在东部省份夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省出庭受审。一名46岁男子通过DNA证据被证实与该省最大城市德班的16起强奸案有关，而一名36岁男子则与两个省份至少14起案件有关联。
暴力持续肆虐南非
南非平均每天发生超过60起谋杀案，是全球谋杀率最高的国家之一。
根据最新犯罪统计数据，该国4月至7月期间共发生5427起谋杀案，平均每天45起。
联合国性别平等机构的数据显示，南非的女性他杀率位居全球前列。去年，南非政府宣布将基于性别的暴力和女性他杀列为全国性灾难。
南非2024年的一项研究显示，2020年至2021年间，每天有三名女性被亲密伴侣杀害。2022年的一项研究发现，超过35%的南非成年女性曾在某个时段遭受过身体或性暴力。
南非大赦国际此前曾表示，近期发现的尸体“只是又一个令人毛骨悚然的提醒：南非的女性身处险境”。
性别平等委员会呼吁采取紧急预防措施，包括由警方、市政官员、交通部门和社区安全机构联合对受影响地区开展安全审计。
该委员会表示，审计应评估照明、监控、行人和公共交通路线、被忽视区域、警察可见度以及紧急援助渠道等情况。
“女性不应在被杀害后，该地区才获得更多关注，”该委员会发言人贾武·巴洛伊说道。
Police investigating murders of 9 women in South Africa neighborhood link 1 death to possible love triangle
2026-09-21 12:16:29 EDT / CBS/AFP
South African police said Monday they had arrested three people over the killing of one of nine women found dead in a neighborhood east of Johannesburg in a series of murders that have alarmed the nation.
The discovery of the nine bodies in Kempton Park over two months has fueled fear and anger, as authorities investigate whether a serial killer or killers were responsible.
A man and two women were arrested over the weekend over the killing of Jabulile Ntimba, whose body was found on Sept. 17 and was the ninth victim, police said.
As in most of the cases, her body was found on the side of the road, partly clothed.
“There does appear to be an indication that her murder may have stemmed from a relationship-related matter, including what has been described as a possible love triangle,” deputy police chief Tebello Mosikili said.
Members of the South African Police Service Forensic Pathology Services work on the crime scene where the body of a woman was discovered in Boksburg on Sept. 17, 2026. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images
Gender-based violence is endemic in South Africa, despite years of government pledges to tackle the problem and even declaring it a national disaster.
The South African Police Service has issued a public warning for women to be cautious when doing activities like jogging in the area.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday echoed the police pledge that those responsible for the killings would be held accountable.
“We will be pulling out all stops to find these perpetrators,” he told journalists, vowing additional measures to tackle violence against women.
“We are going to be deploying more money, more resources, more technology, to ensure that we deal with the fear that women are now subjected to,” he said.
The latest arrests bring to four the number of people held by police in connection with the Kempton Park killings.
“While the investigation must establish whether these cases are linked, the possibility that a perpetrator or perpetrators may be targeting women demands our urgent and determined attention,” acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia said in a statement. “A multidisciplinary investigation has been established to examine possible links between the cases, identify those responsible and bring them to justice.”
A forensic officer works at the scene where a sixth body, believed to be that of a woman, was found along a road in KwaThema, Springs, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. AP
A man arrested over the murder of a woman whose body was found in July remains in custody and is due back in court on Oct. 28, police said.
“We are not going to rush these investigations simply to make arrests. We owe it to the victims, we owe it to their families, and we owe it to justice to get this right,” Mosikili said.
Separately, police said another woman was found dead on Sunday in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam.
Police also said two alleged serial rapists were due in court in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. A 46-year-old man has been linked by DNA to 16 rape cases in the province’s largest city, Durban, while a 36-year-old man has been linked to at least 14 cases across two provinces.
Violence continues to plague South Africa
South Africa suffers from a murder rate of more than 60 a day on average, one of the highest globally.
The country recorded 5,427 murders between April and July — an average of 45 a day — according to the latest crime statistics.
Femicide rates in South Africa are among the highest in the world, according to the U.N.’s agency for gender equality. Last year, the government declared gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster, according to the U.N.
A 2024 study in South Africa revealed that three women were killed every day by an intimate partner from 2020 to 2021. A study in 2022 found that more than 35% of South African adult women had experienced physical or sexual violence at some point.
Amnesty International South Africa previously said the recent discovery of the bodies was “just another horrific reminder that women in South Africa are not safe.”
The Commission for Gender Equality has called for urgent preventive action, including a safety audit of the affected areas involving police, municipal officials, transport authorities and community safety structures.
It said the audit should assess lighting, surveillance, pedestrian and public transport routes, neglected spaces, police visibility and access to emergency assistance.
“Women should not have to be killed before an area receives heightened attention,” commission spokesperson Javu Baloyi said.
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