By Tando Mfengwana
13 January 2007
A 14-month old baby boy, died after his father allegedly stabbed him in the stomach in East London, Eastern Cape.
Unathi Lucawa was killed after he was kept hostage by his Egyptian father at his mother’s home in Ngculu village near Ngqamakhwe.
Reports say that the boy’s father, Sakrszeat Rabier, 27, wanted to take the boy to Cape Town and the mother refused.
Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said, Rabier allegedly stabbed the boy on his stomach.
Police shot towards Rabier hitting him in the hand that held the boy, when they realised that the boy’s life was in danger.
The baby died in hospital and the boy’s father was taken to hospital, under police guard.
The Saturday Argus reports that Rabier had allegedly taken Unathi hostage in the past.
He is due to appear at the Ngqamakhwe Magistrate court on February 20th on a charge of murder.
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