Police spokesperson, Adele Myburgh, says the accused was found inside his vehicle which was parked under a tree today in Moletsamongwe Village outside Mahikeng at approximately 07:00 on Thursday morning (September 26) following a manhunt launched on Wednesday. Myburgh says “no foul play is suspected at this stage regarding the alleged perpetrator's death”. She is yet to confirm if he did indeed commit suicide.

The deceased allegedly stabbed his partner’s three-year-old boy to death and critically injured another seven-year-old boy on Wednesday at Bokone Village in Mahikeng. The incidents came at a time when the country is reeling from cases of femicide and child abuse which led President Cyril Ramaphosa to call an urgent joint sitting of parliament to address the scourge of gender-based violence. During the urgent sitting last week, Ramaphosa vowed to put together a fund to address gender-based violence. An interim committee in his office will have six months to implement an emergency five-point plan to deal with the scourge.

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