In a shocking incident that occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Cornubia, KwaZulu-Natal, a mother of two was shot dead while her children were held at gunpoint.
The authorities at Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were alerted around 3 pm after neighbours heard two gunshots emanating from the residence.
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Upon arrival, law enforcement officers were confronted with a scene of distress. “Officers interviewed a female child who had found her mother in the bathroom bleeding from gunshot wounds to her head. Reaction Officers entered the home and found the woman lying face up in a ground floor bathroom,” said RUSA
Details of the Attack
The 16-year-old girl explained that her mother was in the bathroom when she returned home from school, so she gave her keys through the window to let herself in.
“She then opened the door and two unknown men entered the home with her. They both produced firearms and one suspect escorted her and her one-year-old brother upstairs. She was asked not to speak or alert her mother,” explained RUSA.
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Aftermath and Investigation
While the girl was held upstairs, the other gunman remained downstairs, where he ambushed the mother. The girl later heard two gunshots. When she managed to escape downstairs, she was met with a distressing sight: her mother bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound to the head.
Paramedics arrived on the scene but unfortunately declared the woman dead at 4 pm. The motives behind this shocking crime remain unclear, and the South African Police Service has yet to issue a statement regarding the investigation.
