Man kills his 2 children, stabs his wife, then commits suicide

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December 18, 2015 4:09 PM

Tsepo's brother, Lucas narrated the ordeal to Tembisa Police department and further said that the family do not understand why he did such a thing.

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Tsepo Majola, 22 reportedly killed his 2 children Boitumelo, 2 and Tebogo, 5 by slitting their throats, stabbed his wife, then committed suicide in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, South Africa on Wednesday, December 16, 2015. Tsepo's body was found at the back of a house in Tembisa on Thursday December 17, 2015 by one of his relatives.

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Reports say, Tembisa police department are investigating a case of double murder, attempted murder and suspected suicide. Tsepo's brother, Lucas narrated the ordeal to Tsepo Police department and further said that the family do not understand why he did such a thing.

"Boitumelo was sleeping on my chest when Tsepo came and took the children. We thought he wanted to put them to bed," said Lucas.

"About 30 minutes later Tsepo left. We didn’t follow him because we didn’t suspect anything was wrong, two hours later I received a phone call," Lucas said.

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Tsepo told me he was sorry for what he had done. I went to the room and found Boitumelo and Tebogo. Their throats had been cut. There was blood everywhere."

For the rest of the night Tsepo was nowhere to be found and didn’t answer his phone."In the morning we got a call to say he had been found hanging in his room," said Lucas.

Tsepo’s mum was in the backyard room where Tsepo had hanged himself, but could not speak.

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