A woman has died after allegedly being stabbed by an unknown suspect while she was walking near Long Market Street in Pietermaritzburg.
The twenty nine year old woman was allegedly walking on a pathway between two churches near Long Market Street, accompanied by her two young children, a boy and girl aged between six and ten years old. It is believed that an unknown person then approached the woman and allegedly began stabbing her.
The woman’s two small children fled the scene into one of the church’s yards and alerted the church members. ER24 paramedics were called to the scene, and sadly, the womans wounds were fatal, and she was declared deceased on the scene. It appeared that she had sustained multiple stab-like wounds to her chest.
Family members arrived on scene, and the woman’s sister was absolutely distraught. She and the two children were consoled by other family members as well as church members.
It is unclear as to the motive of this very tragic incident, but the Loop Street SAP were on scene.
It is also unclear as to what the fate of the deceased woman’s two young children will be.
Vanessa Jackson
ER24