| The boys pictured above |
Minutes after her husband had allegedly phoned her and asked if she had any final words for her kids before they died, 30-year-old Lorraine Kekana from Moletlane Village in Limpopo’s Zebediela area South Africa was made to listen in horror to the cries of her four dying sons as they had their throats slit by their father.
According to IOL news reports, her 36-year-old husband can’t be named until he appears in court. Two of the boys were killed inside the sitting room and the other two in their bedroom. The four boys, aged 13, 10, 6 and 4, were allegedly killed on Sunday morning Sept 6th in their home
Moments after the phone call, Kekana reportedly phoned her neighbour and asked her to find out what had happened.
The grieving mother said, “I phoned her back and she said all the children had died. She dropped her phone in horror when her fears where confirmed. "I phoned her back to ask where my husband was and she said he’d gone into a room and he had blood on his clothes.
" The husband was later found in the bedroom with injuries on his throat in what appears to be a failed suicide attempt.
Limpopo police spokeswoman, Colonel Ronel Otto, said the alleged murderer was recovering in a hospital under police guard. “As soon as he is well enough, he will appear in court on four counts of murder,” Otto noted.
Speaking to Limpopo Safety representative, Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana, who had visited the family, she said:
“I’m numb. No amount of tears will bring back my children. How am I going to live in this house all alone? I had never prepared to bury all my four children at once.”
“My husband had phoned me earlier to tell me he wished he had crashed his car into a truck with the children inside.”
She stated that on Saturday night, he had driven with their children from Pretoria after his uncle had successfully mediated a domestic dispute between them.
“When he left, we had resolved our dispute and we were all happy. Or so I thought. My husband had arrived in Moletlane early on Sunday morning, after he had left Pretoria on Saturday night with other ideas.
“I wish him to recover from his injuries so that I can ask him why he killed my children,” Kekana sobbed.
“He has been a very cool husband. Although we had arguments, he never showed signs of aggression.”
Reacting to the incident, the man’s father, Phineus Kekana, said his son was a churchgoing man.
“I also wish him to get well and come back to answer for what he did,” he said, urging the government to help the family with their funeral arrangements.
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