Mother and 2 year old daughter found dead in Mpumalanga

 Police in Mpumalanga are investigating a double murder of a mother and her child.

The bodies of a 24-year-old woman, and her 2-year-old daughter were found yesterday, at their house in Siyathemba informal settlement in Balfour.

According to Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala this came after police received information that there was a murder that had occurred at the resident. Upon arrival police found the woman lying on the kitchen floor unresponsive as well as the 2-year-old, with an injury on her neck.

Provincial commissioner of police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Manamela has urged the team of investigators probing the double murder incident to ensure that the perpetrator(s) is speedily arrested.

by Everngelista Muza