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A missing one-year-old girl identified as Pornsiri Wongsilarung and also known by her nickname Gina, has been found alive in a cave where an alleged kidnapper took her to sacrifice her to forest spirits. 44-year-old Siew reportedly abducted Pornsiri from outside the family home in a remote village in Chiang Mai province of Thailand on Sunday afternoon September 5. At the time of the disappearance of the minor who was playing in front of their house, her mother Malee Pasee, 23 was cooking in the kitchen and her father Suriya Wongsilaruang, 43, was taking rubbish to a tip around two miles from their home.  She was discovered missing after her mother finished cooking but did not hear a response. Neighbours said they last saw Pornsiri walking on the road around 10 metres away from home. More than 200 police officers, rescue workers and volunteers searched through nearby homes and woodland for the missing girl. Sniffer dogs, aerial search drones and a diving team were also looking for G...

A 28-year-old South African man, Mukhethwa Tshivhase, has allegedly killed his mother with a broomstick because she 'hid their food in her room'  The suspect, a resident of Matangari-Tshiumoni village appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, September 7, on a charge of murder.  Limpopo regional spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi said the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, September 5.  He said that the deceased, Caroline Tshivhangwaho Khomola,58, was asleep when her son came home and demanded food from his mother. According to Malabi-Dzhangi, Tshivhase started accusing his mother of hiding their food in her bedroom. He allegedly became so angry that he picked up a broomstick and started assaulting his mother with it. The mother tried to run away but collapsed at the gate. She was taken to Donald Fraser Hospital, where she was certified dead on arrival. Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier Motlaf...