May 09, 2008   | COMMENTS     

with friends in Kwatema, near Johannesburg, when she was targeted by a gang of youths, Pink News said. Her body, which showed signs of repeated stabbings and rape, was found nearby. “We believe that it is a homophobic hate crime simply by the fact that the victim in this case was a well-known lesbian,” Carrie Shelver of People Opposed to Women Abuse told the South African Broadcasting Company. Gay rights group Triangle Project claimed police ignore reports from gays and lesbians that they had been assaulted or raped because of their sexual orientation.