Two women from Mangaung have allegedly been attacked and killed in two separate incidents by their own sons believed to be using drugs.
In the latest incident which happened in Kagisanong along Masike Street at the weekend, a 65-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed with a sharp object by her 28-year-old son after she failed to give him money to buy drugs.
Police spokesperson for Mangaung Metro Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane said in the woman died on the scene from the stab wounds.
“The victim had visible multiple stab wounds on the head and body,” he said, adding the matter was reported by the brother to the deceased, who was also attacked by the suspect who is now in police custody.
Covane said the complainant informed the police that the suspect is believed to be using drugs and had asked his now deceased mother for money to buy drugs but she told him that she didn’t have money.
“The suspect got angry, went out of the house, came back with a piece of iron and stabbed the deceased with it several times,” he explained.
“When he was done, he turned to the complainant and also stabbed him on the chest.”
Covane said the uncle survived the attack but the daring suspect locked them inside the house and had to wait until Friday morning to get help.
The suspect was later traced and arrested by the police.
He is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court this Monday facing charges of murder and attempted murder.
In a similar case, a 42-year-old man will be applying for bail at the Botshabelo Magistrates Court on the same day after allegedly strangling to death his 71-year-old mother last Sunday, August 7, 2022 in the E-Section, Botshabelo.
The suspect is also said to history of substance abuse.
Free State acting provincial police commissioner, Major General Modise, condemned the killing of the two elderly women. – Staff Reporter