Cape Town – KwaZulu-Natal police reportedly arrested a 26-year-old mother after she murdered her two sons, ages one and two on Monday.
According to News24, the mother strangled her 1-year-old son Lwandile Nxumalo with a fence wire and forced her 9-year-old son Siphepholo Mthembu to drink a poisonous substance that killed him.
The mother then poisoned herself, but she survived and was being treated in a hospital under police guard.
A murder investigation has since been opened.
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KZN MEC for Social Development Nonhlanhla Khoza expressed shock, following the incident, IOL reported.
“We are taken aback by the brutal killing of innocent children. We would have preferred that the mother was able to share her challenges with social workers so that they can help her and her children. We are in so much pain for losing such innocent souls like this,” said Khoza as quoted by the report.
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