A 30-year-old man will appear in the Viljoenskroon Magistrates Court this Wednesday facing two charges of murder.
Fezile Dabi district police spokesperson Captain Malebo Khosana said the man was arrested for the double murder after he went to his ex-girlfriend’s house at about 4am on Saturday.
“He suspected that the ex-girlfriend was sleeping with the current boyfriend,” said Malebo in a statement.
“Upon . . . arrival at the ex-girlfriend’s home, he stabbed her to death and hit her son with a hammer on the head,” added the police spokesperson.
The suspect then fled the scene.
He is said to have told the police that thought the little boy was the woman’s current boyfriend.
Paramedics were called to the scene and declared both the 34-year-old mother and her 14-year-old son dead on the scene.
The suspect was later arrested after police were tipped of his whereabouts by community members.
The actual motive for the attack is still being investigated. – Staff Reporter