Man hangs his three children
2006-05-14 12:17
Johannesburg - A 29-year-old man hanged his three children from a tree at Esaurica Village near Maleboho, Limpopo police said on Sunday.
Superintendent Patty Khumalo said the children were found hanging from a rope on Saturday evening.
"It's alleged that the suspect went to his fiancee's house and started a fight with her. Two elders and two boys aged 10 were beaten with an unknown object.
"They were seriously injured and admitted at Helen Frans Hospital," Khumalo said.
Khumalo said the man then took his three children from the house and went to Esaurica where he is alleged to have hanged them.
His fiancee escaped unharmed.
- SAPA