A man and his toddler drowned in a Free State river after he threw the child into the water and then jumped in himself.
It is believed that Bafana Radebe, 25, had an argument with the child's mother on Saturday and that he tried to strangle her, prompting her to go report him to the police, according to police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring.
Mophiring said:
A community member saw him throw the child, three-year-old Motivation Radebe, into the river and then jump in himself.
"The matter was reported to the police [after] which [the] Sasolburg K9 Search and Rescue Unit was summoned to the scene. They contacted [the] Welkom Diving Unit for support, which came on Sunday morning and successfully retrieved the two bodies, which were positively identified by both families," Mophiring added.
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