Thieves target Mowbray Cemetery

THE theft of a 'katel' - a ceremonial stretcher used during Muslim funeral rites - from Mowbray Cemetery is not an isolated incident and follows other break-ins and thefts.

- THEOLIN TEMBO

Chairman of the Muslim Cemetery Board and Secretary of the Burial Administration of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) Faizal Sayed on Friday posted footage of the incident where a man came through the roof to steal the katel.

Sayed said he posted the footage in hopes of tracing the thief. “The person cut a hole in the ceiling in the courtyard, came through the ceiling, and took many hours to actually slowly lift the thing up, and get it through the ceiling,” Sayed explained that the cemetery has experienced a slight increase in such incidents in the last month and a half.