Dad kills three kids then himself

SAD DAY: The scene where the bodies of three young siblings were found in a taxi, after their 40-year-old taxi owner father shot them at Caweni village at Kwaaiman near Mqanduli on Saturday. He later shot himself. His body was found outside a toilet on the premises Picture: LULAMILE FENI
SAD DAY: The scene where the bodies of three young siblings were found in a taxi, after their 40-year-old taxi owner father shot them at Caweni village at Kwaaiman near Mqanduli on Saturday. He later shot himself. His body was found outside a toilet on the premises Picture: LULAMILE FENI
A 40th birthday party turned to tragedy when a father shot his three young children dead before killing himself.

Family members said Siyabulela Maziko, 40, a taxi owner, killed his sons Luyolo, eight, Someleze, three, and his one-year-old daughter Iminathi.

The four will be buried on Saturday at their home in Caweni village in Kwaaiman near Mqanduli, where the shooting happened.

The family spokesman, his elder brother Makhosonke Maziko, said the children’s mother and other family members had been spared.

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