Cape Town – A man charged with the murder of four of his relatives in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, last week is due in court on Tuesday for a bail hearing .
Kwazi Tiba, 24, appeared at the Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court on Friday after four people – aged between 5 and 69 – were butchered to death, allegedly with an axe”, shortly after load shedding at 6pm on Thursday evening. The deceased are said to be the accused’s grandmother, uncle, aunt and cousin.
Police said investigations revealed that the suspect, who slept in an outdoor cottage on the France Locality homestead, went into the room where the family members were sitting and started “crushing them with an axe”.
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“They allegedly died at the scene. Police were alerted to the incident by members of the local community, and one eye witness who escaped the ordeal unharmed,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana.
He said that the suspect was arrested later on Thursday, and an axe, believed to be the murder weapon, was recovered and confiscated, News24 reported.
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