One person axed to death in KZN midlands


Police are investigating an incident in which one person was axed to death and two others seriously wounded in KwaSobabili near Estcourt in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands.

A 35-year-old man who is believed to be mentally ill is alleged to be the attacker.

Area ward councillor Saziso Shabalala says, “Yes, I confirm that indeed the incident happened where a 35-year-old and mentally disturbed man went to his neighbour and found a 70-year-old man and hit him with an axe. He further went to his household and assaulted his three-year-old nephew and he fainted.”