Gay South African Man Reportedly Stoned to Death

A gay man from South Africa was reportedly stoned to death this week, according to Gay Star News.

The website reports that the body of Skumbuzo Harold Mkefile, 24, was discovered Tuesday by a passerby in Booysens Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The young man's body was found half naked in a field and surrounded by bloody rocks and stones.

Mkefile's head was reportedly smashed in and tattered woman's clothes were also found hear his body.

The victim's friends and family told the newspaper the Afrikaans Son (via Mamba Online) that they believe Mkefile was attacked "because he was openly gay and often wore women's clothing."

Mamba Online also notes Mkefile worked as a hairdresser and that he "was dressed in women's clothes at the time of his murder."

"I miss him already," Asanda Ngono, Mkefile's best friend told the publication. "I do not know why it was time that he had to go."

The attack comes just a month after a lesbian teen was raped and murdered in South Africa.

Gift Makau, 18, was found dead on August 15 in Ventersdorp, South Africa. She was raped and strangled with a wire and shoelace. Her body was found with a running hose forced into her mouth.

It was reported that a 24-year-old man was arrested in connection with the crime.