Five women and two children were murdered in just two days as a spate of domestic violence ended tragically in Gauteng.
The woman's sister was wounded and had to be taken to a nearby hospital, said police spokesperson Brig Mathapelo Peters.
“The firearm suspected to have been used during the commission of the incidents of femicide was also recovered near the body.” The man handed himself over to police at Rabie Ridge and is expected to appear in the Tembisa magistrate’s court on a murder charge. “Preliminary evidence suggests that the deceased were stabbed after the three victims were found with injuries on the upper bodies.
Police spokesperson Brig Leonard Hlathi said the “inhuman” incident had actually taken took place at Kamhlushwa, in the Nkomazi area, in February or March but surfaced on social media only at the weekend.
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