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SHOCK AS.MOTHER OF THREE STABS HER TWO CHILDREN TO DEATH IN ENUGU
A middle aged woman and mother of three, identified as Mrs Chidima Arinze has reportedly murdered two of her children in cold blood in their Enugu State residence, in what has been described as “family frustration”.
The incident which took place at No. 47 Unity Road, nearby Abakpa timber shade market in Enugu East local government area of Enugu State occurred on Monday.
According to neighbours who spoke to SaharaReporters on Wednesday, they said the incident happened when the woman and her three kids were sitting together after her husband reportedly left for work.
“The woman had three children – two girls and a boy,” a neighbour who described the woman as well known within the neighbourhood said. “So she woke up in the morning and three of them were sitting, suddenly she took up a knife and stabbed her son who is smallest of about four months to death and faced the second one, her daughter and stabbed her on the chest.
“Immediately, the first child who is also a girl took to her heel and called neighbours. The woman didn’t run away. Instead before the neighbour could arrive, she had called her sister to inform her of what she did. It was when the sister came that she called the police and they came took the bodies of the children and the woman away,” the neighbour who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed.
Meanwhile, according to the source, the woman had been complaining that the husband would go out and would not return, leaving the burden of the family on her alone.
Although, the Enugu State Police Command has yet to issue official statement on the incident, police sources at the Trans-Ekulu Division who arrested the suspect, confirmed the unfortunate incident to SaharaReporters on Wednesday, describing it as “shocking”.
One of the sources told SaharaReporters that the tragic incident happened on July 21 at about 9am when the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Trans Ekulu received a distress call. “Officers were immediately dispatched to the scene.
“On arrival, the operatives met the lifeless bodies of Esther Arinze, aged 4-year-old old and Chibusoma Arinze, aged four months in their pool of blood. Both victims reportedly bore marks of violence, suspected to have been inflicted with a sharp object. The scene was cordoned off, and forensic photographs were taken before the suspect was taken into custody,” the source said.
The source noted that bodies of the children were taken to the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUT), Parklane, where they were certified dead by a medical doctors. “Their bodies have since been deposited at the hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.”
Another police source told SaharaReporters that the suspect and the mother of the children, was arrested at the scene without resistance.
“Preliminary investigation is currently ongoing at the Trans- Ekulu Division, while the case is being prepared for transfer to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for a more discreet and comprehensive probe,” the source said.
