PARKTOWN – A 25-year-old woman is expected to appear before Protea Magistrate Court on Wednesday, 12 October, after she allegedly killed her four-year-old child in Tshiawelo Flats, Soweto, on Monday 10 October 2022.

It is reported that the suspect was noticed by her sister-in-law carrying a plastic bag. When questioned about what was inside the bag, she allegedly informed the sister-in-law that it was the remains of her four-year-old son that she had killed and burned.

The suspect then proceeded to Protea Glen Police Station where she handed herself over to the police and was detained. The motive for the killing cannot be confirmed at this stage.

Source: South African Police Service