Eastern Cape man kills baby, stabs granny in drunken rampage.
It is alleged that the man returned home and started to argue with his relatives. Capa said when a woman left the home to go to a night vigil in another village, the suspect allegedly started to attack the remaining family members.
"About midnight, he allegedly started stabbing them. A few managed to escape through the window, but a disabled person could not escape. The person was stabbed many times and she's in hospital, lucky to be alive," she said. The child had no idea what the fight was about, but the suspect allegedly used him to fight his battle with his relatives.The man then allegedly grabbed the seven-month-old baby and ran after those who had escaped."What I gathered when I was investigating this is that the suspect used the baby's body and head to push open a door of a house ... That's when the baby died," said Capa.
The child's uncle, Zandise Sithole, said the family was still in shock."We really can’t express how saddened we are by this gruesome murder of my nephew. The suspect started by beating people using a broom stick and then started stabbing them," he said.Petros Majola, director of the Khula Community Development Project, said this was a tragic incident that had left the entire Eastern Cape province traumatised.
"That child was defenceless and could not fight for himself. The child had no idea what the fight was about, but the suspect allegedly used him to fight his battle with his relatives," said Majola.
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