Bloemfontein - “We have been sent to shoot her.”
This is the chilling message three hitmen allegedly gave Anna Matseliso Molise, 28, the wife of the Danish man accused of mutilating the private parts of 21 women in Bloemfontein.
Little did they know they were relaying the message to the woman they had been hired to murder.
Molise, fondly known as “Tshidi”, was shot dead outside the gate of her family home in Maseru last Thursday while accompanying a friend home.
“Tshidi told me that men approached her looking for her,” said a police officer, who asked not to be identified.
“She told them the person they were looking for was not around. That is when they gave her the message.”
Speaking in Bloemfontein, the officer said it appeared at the time that the men did not know Molise’s identity or have a picture of her.
Hit men followed through with the shooting later.
The policeman said he had been tasked by the Hawks to track down Molise after she fled South Africa and went to Lesotho.
He met Molise two days before she died.
“She was petrified. She knew they were after her.
“All she said was that she wanted to divorce this man (Frederiksen).”
The policeman said when he told Molise he was a police officer, she insisted on speaking to a fellow officer in South Africa she had been dealing with since her husband’s arrest.
The policeman said Molise was gravely concerned about her three children. She wanted to find out if they were okay.
“She lived for her kids. Her older daughter is in Lesotho with her family, while the other two are in the care of the Department of Social Development. She loved them dearly.”
Molise’s relationship with her husband initially surprised many people.
The couple are understood to have met at a boutique owned by Molise’s sister in Lesotho in 2010.
They are said to have met on a Sunday. By that Thursday, the Dane had paid lobola for her.
“When that happened, her father knew something was wrong with the picture,” said the police officer.
The Danish man and Molise were married and had children, now aged 2 and 4.
It is alleged that Molise was not the only woman in the Dane’s life.
A woman who spoke on condition of anonymity said that he had several girlfriends.
“He loves young girls. Not just any girls. The beautiful ones,” the woman said.
She said matters had taken a turn for the worse in February when Molise reported to the police that her husband had hurt her.
It is alleged the police did not help her.
It is thought that weeks after her husband was arrested, Molise went to the couple’s home to collect her possessions.
That was the last time she set foot in Bloemfontein.
Molise is to be buried in Maseru on Saturday.
Saturday Star
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