A mother from South Africa’s Eastern Cape has been arrested after her four children’s dead bodies were discovered.
Report say the children were killed with a sledgehammer.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murders in rural Mhlabubomvu, Engcobo, Brig Tembinkosi Kinana said on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old woman was found in a rondavel with the deceased, aged between two and 11.
“A preliminary investigation reveals they had been assaulted by their mother with a sledgehammer,” Kinana said.