Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu's Cape Town home burgled

Anti-Apartheid hero and global peace icon Desmond Tutu's Cape Town home has been burgled.

The break-in occurred on Tuesday as the 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner and his wife Leah were at home sleeping, police has confirmed.

Tutu, the archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, apparently discovered that the house had been burgled when he woke up at around 5 am yesterday. Various small items were taken, including keys and remotes, local news broadcaster 'Eyewitness News' reported.

No one has been arrested yet. Tutu and his wife were not harmed in the incident.

"The suspect or suspects fled with small household items and are yet to be arrested," said Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut of the Western Cape Police.
 

This is not the first time the Tutu family has been hit by crime in the area. In April last year a domestic worker was killed at Tutu's daughter's home.

Burglaries are common in South Africa and are frequently accompanied by violence.