“I WAS not expecting my mother and the kids to die like that.”
These were the emotional words of Balungile Mhlanti (16).
She returned home after watching TV at a neighbour’s house on Tuesday, 24 November to find her family had been killed with an axe.
- Three of the five children killed belonged to the suspected murderer, who’s originally from Mozambique.
Baliswa Sikhundwana, sister of the kid’s mum, murder victim Nomzamo Mhlanti (42), pleaded with the police to find the suspect.
The man is on the run.
This shocking incident took place in Dabekweni Locality in Kwaaiman, Eastern Cape.
“We live in fear. We don’t know where this man is,” said Baliswa.
“He could come back for the rest of us at any time.”
According to the family, the six victims were killed with an axe.Nomzamo’s mum, Nolungile Sikhundwana, said the killer even cut her daughter’s ID to pieces with the axe.
“We don’t know how we’re going to bury six people as none of us is employed.
“The worst thing is that he ran away with the Sassa grant cards of all the five kids.”
Baliswa said the suspect had been abusing her sister and the kids for years.
“A week ago she told me she wasn’t happy and wanted a divorce,” she said.
Meanwhile, provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Liziwe Ntshinga described the incident as shattering.
“It’s inconceivable that as 16 Days of Activism started, we woke up to such a horrible incident,” she said.
“Whoever is behind these gruesome and heartless murders must be found without delay.”
Police spokeswoman Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana confirmed cops were on the hunt for the suspect.
