The two female suspects were arrested for hours one after the other and will both appear in court on December 27 at accusation of murder.
Two women have been arrested with individual stab incidents in the free state.
The crimes were committed with an interval of about six hours and a hundred kilometers, but showed a similar pattern.
Women in South Africa are plagued by gender-related violence and murder, but activists often emphasize that men can also be the victim of domestic disputes.
Stabbing in mangaung
Rescuers were called to a house in Phamot in Mangaung after the Christmas celebrations had become violent.
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The police were on the spot on December 25 around 8.30 pm and discovered that a 30-year-old man had sustained a stab wound in the chest.
The man was declared dead on the spot and a woman, presumably his partner, was arrested.
“Further research led to the arrest of the 30-year-old girlfriend who was found at the house and the discovery of a possible murder weapon,” said Sergeant Mahlomola Kareli, police spokesperson.
Woman arrested in Bultfontein
A few hours later, the police attended a domestic dispute in Bultfontein, which also had a tragic outcome.
A 30-year-old woman was arrested on December 26 around 2 a.m. because she would have stabbed her boyfriend.
“On arrival, the police found an African man lying in a puddle of blood. The 28-year-old victim was declared dead on the spot, “confirmed Kareli.
Both women must appear in court on December 27.
Women are disproportionate victim
Between July and September, police crime statistics It appears that 957 women were killed in South Africa.
In addition, in those three months, 1 567 cases of attempted murder in which female victims were involved were opened, while in those three months 14 366 cases of mistreatment with the intention of addressing serious physical injury were opened by female complainers.
Safer spaces reported that more than half of all murdered women did this through an intimate male partner and that slightly less than half of all women reported any form of economic or emotional abuse by men in South Africa.
However, Father’s4 Justice State that almost 40% of men have experienced some form of domestic violence, but that it is much less likely that they report the incidents to the authorities.
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Jarryd Westerdale
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