Man kills his four children by slitting their throats

One Lorraine Kekana, 30, in Moletlane Village in Limpopo’s Zebediela area South Africa, has alleged that her husband killed her four children by slitting their throats.

IOL news reports that her 36-year-old husband can’t be named until he appears in court, adding that he had allegedly phoned his wife, Kekana, to ask whether she had any final words for her children before they died.

The couple had been married since 2009 and Kekana had described her husband as a cool-headed man.

The four boys, aged 13, 10, 6 and 4, were reportedly killed on Sunday morning at their home in Moletlane Village; two of the boys were killed in the sitting room and the other two in their bedroom.

On Monday, Kekana allegedly couldn’t hold back the tears as she recalled the gruesome murder of her four boys, as she was made to listen to the cries of her four dying children who had just had their throats slit by their father.

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 the phone in shock. I phoned her back to ask where my husband was and she (the nieghbour) said he’d gone into a room and he had blood on his clothes.

“He was later found in his bedroom with injuries to his throat in what appeared to be a failed suicide attempt,” the neighbour alleged.

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.

On Monday, Kekana lamented her tragic loss. She had earlier cried out when Limpopo Safety representative, Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana, who had visited the family, spoke to her.

Speaking to The Star later, 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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