South African Women Runners Arm Themselves After String of Killings
Women are carrying pepper spray and avoiding secluded routes as police investigate whether a serial killer was behind the murders.
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South African women runners arm themselves after string of killings
Before lacing up her running shoes, Nancy Masha checked the knife and pepper spray she carried to protect herself on her daily jog, a ritual born of fear after the murder of a fellow runner sent shock waves across South Africa. Two days after Moselakgomo's body was found, Masha started carrying pepper spray and a knife on her daily runs.
S.African women runners arm themselves after string of killings
Masha is among those taking extra precautions after nine women, including avid runner Elizabeth Moselakgomo, were found murdered in Johannesburg's East Rand in two months -- some of them partially naked and battered. "Our runner was brutally killed. I needed a way to protect myself because I am a woman and also a runner," Masha, 39, who usually runs alone, told AFP. Moselakgomo, 38, left home on September 9 for a run and never returned, leavin…
After the murder of a runner near Johannesburg, South African joggers have changed their habits and sometimes arched themselves before they came out. A fear... Read the article Running with a knife in their pocket, the choice of South African joggers appeared first on Le Singulier.
Nancy Masha is not an isolated case: other South African joggers interviewed by the AFP have adopted new precautionary measures after the discovery on September 12 of Elizabeth Moselakgomo's partially naked body, 38 years old.
Nine bodies found: S.African women runners arm themselves after string of killings
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