Manhunt ends: Arrest made in brutal mother-daughter murders

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After relentless search, suspect apprehended in Barberton for the stabbing deaths of mother, 40, and daughter, 23.

After a week-long pursuit, Mpumalanga police nab suspect in connection with tragic stabbing incident.On Monday, a 40-year-old male suspect was arrested in Barberton in relation to an incident where a mother, 40, and her daughter, 23, were stabbed to death multiple times in the early hours of 2 April.

“The woman’s son went to sleep earlier, leaving behind the man in question with other family members. Later, it is said that the son was woken up when his mother screamed for help, and he entered the house and reportedly saw a suspect still holding a knife in his hand,” Mdhluli said.Man gets life for murder of ‘successful’ aunt who was ‘bewitching family members’

“It was during this time, as they got inside the house, that they found the mother and her daughter laying in a pool of blood, with multiple stab wounds,” Mdhluli said. The police and medical personnel were summoned to the scene, but tragically, both victims were certified dead. An investigation and a massive manhunt were initiated for the suspect, whom the investigator believed to be Thulani “Mathousand” Sikhundla.Mpumalanga provincial commissioner of Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela strongly condemned the murder of the two women and assured the public that no stone would be left unturned, and the aim was to swiftly bring the perpetrator before justice.

 

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