11-month-old baby survives massacre in which 5 family members were burnt, shot
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Johannesburg – An 11-month-old baby boy survived a massacre in which a family of five were killed in the Free State.
The baby was hit on the nose with a knobkierie while other victims were shot and burnt inside their homes.
The boy is in a serious condition in hospital.
Police said they received a report that some people had been killed in Marakong village, QwaQwa, on April 4 at around 3am.
Colonel Thandi Mbambo of the Free State said police went to the scene where they found the body of Moliehi Thoabala, 38, with a gunshot wound to the stomach.