14-year-old accused of murdering mother

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a crime that has left many in shock – it is alleged that the teen stabbed a woman believed to be his own mother to death.

South African Police Services officers responded to a “complaint” reported in Elmarie Street in the Kalkfontein area of Kuilsriver on Sunday evening, where the victim was found, already deceased.

“Upon arrival on the scene, they found the 55-year-old victim laying on the ground with multiple stab wounds to her body,” SAPS spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said in a statement.

The 55-year-old woman was reported to have scolding the boy for sleeping out on Friday night, when she grabbed a frying pan with which to give him a hiding. The teen wrestled the pan away from her, and the woman proceeded to wave a knife at him.

This was the knife he grabbed from her, and proceeded to stab her with.