Times Of Swaziland: NEIGHBOUR MURDERS  TODDLER (2), MOB KILLS HIM

NEIGHBOUR MURDERS  TODDLER (2), MOB KILLS HIM
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Ntombi Mhlongo on 13/10/2024 17:22:00


MBABANE - The life of a female toddler aged two years ended tragically when she
was stabbed to death by a neighbour.
The life of the neighbour also did not last long as he was said to have been
assaulted by community members and he died while being attended to in hospital.
The incident is said to have happened at Mbikwakhe in the Manzini Region on
Friday afternoon. It was gathered that the man was used to playing with the
toddler and her family did not suspect anything. On the fateful day, the toddler
is said to have gone to the man’s house and after not returning home, family
members decided to go look for her.
It was said that the family members knocked on the door of the man’s house and
he did not open. As they became impatient, they are said to have peeped through
the window and saw him grabbing a table knife, which he used to stab the toddler
in the eye. It was at that point that the family members screamed for backup and
some community members rushed to the home carrying all sorts of weapons, while
the toddler cried for help. They are said to have forced entry into the house
and assaulted the man, while the toddler laid helpless.
The community members are said to have assaulted him to a point where they cut
one of his legs. As the man was being assaulted, police were called to the scene
and found the man in a critical state. They are said to have taken him to the
Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital, where it was decided that due to the
nature of his injuries he should be transferred to Mbabane Government Hospital.
Sources said it was at Mbabane Government Hospital where he was certified dead.
Some of the community members alleged that the child had been sexually violated.
However, this was not confirmed. As they tried to come to terms with the
horrible incident, some of the community members made different assumptions as
to why he committed such a heinous crime.
Released
Their allegations could not be printed, as they could not be substantiated. In a
report released by the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) yesterday through
Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile
Vilakati. It was stated that on Friday at around 1pm, a two-year-old toddler
died after being stabbed once on the face with a knife by a 27-year-old man of
Mbikwakhe. “The suspect also died after being assaulted while at Mbikwakhe,”
it was said in the police report.