GRUESOME discovery shakes community.
Residents in Phoenix, Durban are reeling in shock after after they found their neighbours, a mother and her daughter lying in a pool of blood on Monday afternoon, 9 June.
The mother (83) was dead, while the daughter (60) was injured. They were both stabbed several times.
It is alleged that an unknown suspect entered the house and brutally stabbed the women who were alone at that time.
A resident who asked not to be named said the women were found lying in a pool of blood and there was nobody else in the house. She said they were found by the daughter's husband.
"We heard the husband scream for help and we called for help. We later went to the house and there was so much blood. I thought they were both dead, but the daughter was still alive," said the resident.
Another neighbour added that they had never seen such a painful thing.
According to Reaction Unti South African (Rusa) spokesman, Prem Balram, a man arrived at his residence and found the door locked.
"He attempted to attract the attention of his wife and elderly mother without success. He thereafter forced entry into the house and located both women in pools of blood in the passage," he said.
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He said Rusa Phoenix Operations Centre received multiple calls for medical assistance from neighbours after they heard the man call out for help.
"Reaction officers and Rusa paramedics were immediately dispatched. The pensioner was pronounced dead upon examination. She sustained multiple stab wounds to her face and body," he said.
He said ther daughter's throat was slit and she sustained large stab wounds to both her cheeks, neck and hands. "She bled extensively from her injuries. Paramedics stabilised her at the scene before rapidly transporting her to hospital," he said.
He added that a large blood-stained butcher knife was found in the passage. "A second smaller knife which bent in the attack was also recovered. The injured woman's son could not be located. It could not be confirmed if he was responsible for the attack," he said.
KZN cops spokeswoman, Constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo said the police in Phoenix are investigating cases of murder and attempted murder following an incident where an 83-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by an unknown suspect, while a 63-year-old woman sustained multiple stab wounds at Hexham in Phoenix on Monday.
"The 63-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention," she said.
