The police were called to a horrific scene on Friday at around 08.00am where a man shot his wife, their disabled child, his mother and then himself.
Ridgetimes reports that according to Capt Gerhard Elmes, Secunda police spokesman, Mr Andries Lee of Roman Alarms found the bodies in the house at about 8.30am.
“Colleagues of Mrs Naude from the Marietjie School for Children with Special Educational Needs, were worried when she did not arrive at school this morning and neither did she answer her phone. They notified Mr Lee.”
Capt Elmes said Mr Lee gained entrance to the house and found the four family members with bullet wounds.
According to police spokesperson Captain Gerhard Elmes, Lizelle, her son Henko, 16, and her mother-in-law, Fredricka, 73, were all found in their beds with bullet wounds to their left temples. Lizelle had celebrated her 52nd birthday on Christmas Day.
The police discovered Carel Naude, 50, in the main bedroom sitting on the toilet. He had apparently put a 9mm pistol in his mouth and shot himself. The pistol was found on the floor. The police could not confirm what the motive for the killing spree was.
Encee van Huyssteen, the editor of The Bulletin newspaper in Secunda, was at the scene in the morning and told News24: “It is a real tragedy and shock. Neighbours were gathering at the scene shortly after the gruesome discovery.”
Lizelle was a teacher at a school for disabled children. Henko was wheelchair-bound and a pupil at a local school.
