The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the North West Province is investigating an incident in Mosiane View village, Mahikeng, where a 25-year-old man allegedly killed his 48-year-old mother with a shovel on Saturday morning.
A video circulating on social media shows the son attacking his mother with the shovel.
“It is alleged that the aggressive and uncontrollable son later succumbed to his injuries after being hit by one of the shots fired by a neighbour to calm him down. The motive of the incident is unknown at this stage and investigations into the matter are underway,” the police said in a statement.
North West Acting Provincial Commissioner of Police, Major General Patrick Asaneng, described the incident as a "sadistic, gruesome and senseless death."
“The sadistic, gruesome and senseless death of a mother at the hands of her son is symptomatic of the scourge of satanic ritual practices or drug addiction to which most young people are exposed to, and which unfortunately are often ignored by parents and a nonchalant, apathetic society.
“There is no way that it can be said that there were no warning signs with the life of the suspect given the gratuitous demonic killing of his own mother. Even though he himself died after being shot, the SAPS Occult Related Crimes Unit will fully investigate the case in order to determine the cause and effect of this heinous social fabric internecine tragedy,” Major General Asaneng said. – SAnews.gov.za
