A 24-year-old Lusikisiki man accused of using an axe to butcher four family members on Thursday evening was 'triggered' by load shedding, according to a resident of the village where they lived.
Neighbours of a Lusikisiki grandmother brutally slain on Thursday along with three of her relatives allegedly by an axe-wielding family member have painted a picture of a village drowning in hard drugs and crime. They said many people’s homes were being broken into by village criminals while others had been attacked and stabbed.
In yet another shocking Eastern Cape mass killing, four family members, aged between five and 69, were killed with an axe in a Lusikisiki village on Thursday evening. Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said a 24-year-old family member had been arrested on murder charges after the incident.
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