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(Cape Town) Six men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a teenager, stoned to death because she was a lesbian.

Two weeks ago Zoliswa Nkonyana, 19, was reportedly stabbed and stoned to death by a mob of young people in Khayelitsha.

The suspects arrested in the case are between the ages of 17 an 19. They will appear in court on today to hear murder charges read against them.

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Nkonyana was a member of a lesbian soccer club.

She was with a 17-year-old lesbian friend when another woman began taunting them, saying they "wanted to get raped".

They told the woman they were lesbians and to leave them alone. The woman left and then returned with about 20 teens who began beating them, said Nkonyana's friend, who was too terrified to be named.

The friend managed to run away. Nkonyana ran towards her house but the mob threw bricks at her until she was lying on the ground.

They continued to throw bricks until she was dead.

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