A South African man is reportedly on the run after stabbing his wife to death and also attempting to kill their two children.
Neighbours
told local news platforms that the security guard stabbed his 36-year-old wife
to death and left their children for dead at their residence in Mataffin,
Mbombela.
A
neighbour who received a call from the 14-year-old child and was among the
first people to arrive at the house, said the children were found lying next to
their mother, who was later declared dead at the scene.
The
neighbour said;
"I
received a call from the child who told me that their father had stabbed them.
I rushed there as I called other neighbours. When we arrived at the house, we
found that the burglar door was locked
"We
had to break it to gain entry. When we entered, we found the children lying
next to their mother and all of them were bleeding profusely. Their mother lay
dead in a pool of blood as her eldest daughter tried to wake her up. She was
not moving.
"Now
and again, the 14-year-old child would call me on the phone or call out my name
and ask for help as her parents were fighting. Most of the time, she would say
her father was beating up her mother
“We
would go to the house to defuse the situation and tell them that fighting is
bad. I'd even tell them that they are setting a bad example to their children
as they were fighting in front of them.”
Another
neighbour, Sibusiso Nkosi, said;
"She
called out for help from the neighbours as another fight had broken out between
her and her husband. While we were waiting for the police to arrive, the man
ran away with the house keys.
"We
(neighbours) all went home and the police also left as he was not there and had
not returned by the time we left the mother and her children in the house. We
thought he went far away because we told him we had called the police to arrest
him. He never said a word.
“Very
often, I'd hear noises or their child would call out for help. I have spoken to
them and other neighbours have done the same thing. I am shocked that she is
now dead.”
Provincial
police have urged the public to help them find the husband, Mandla Sibiya, 41.
The children are aged four and 14.
Provincial
police spokesperson Col Donald Mdhluli said;
"This
is [the manhunt] in connection with the murder of his wife Fisiwe Msane-Sibiya,
whose body was found lying in a pool of blood in her house on Monday morning.
Information at our disposal suggests that the husband did the act in the early
hours of Monday around 5.30am and then fled the scene.
“We
are asking for anyone who sees or knows the whereabouts of Sibiya to contact their
nearest police [station].”
Mdhluli
said police are investigating a case of murder and two counts of attempted
murder. He added;
"Apart
from the murder and attempted murder charges, we cannot rule out [the
possibility that] more charges could be added as the investigation
continues."
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