A one year old girl was rescued by members of Reaction Unit South Africa after her mother was stabbed and her father threatened to murder her on Wednesday 23 October 2019.
At approximately 16:51 Reaction Officers were dispatched to the corner of Dianthus Road and Rosemary Drive in Brindhaven, Verulam after receiving a call of a woman being attacked. Upon arrival a 38 year old woman was found standing on the side of the road bleeding from an injury to her left thigh.
She explained that she and the father of her one and three year old daughter were involved in an argument when he grabbed the baby and threw her on the pavement. He then stabbed his girlfriend once in the thigh before grabbing the child and fleeing the scene. The incident was witnessed by his older daughter and members of the public.
Reaction Officers obtained a description of the suspect and went in search of him. He was found fleeing towards a dense bush in Mountview. Officers converged on the location and apprehended the suspect. The child was secured and transported back to her mother. Witnesses believed that the father was heading towards a dense bush near the Mountview tennis courts to murder the child during a fit of rage.
The suspect explained to Reaction Officers that during the argument he grabbed a broken bottleneck and stabbed his girlfriend however according to witnesses he used a knife in the attack. A search was conducted for the knife and bottleneck, however none could not be located.
The Parkgate, Verulam resident was placed under arrest and has been detained at the Verulam SAPS. The victim and her baby were transported to hospital by ambulance for medical attention.
Reaction Officers have in the past attended to two separate calls of domestic violence involving the same couple. In one incident the suspect severely assaulted his girlfriend while shopping in the Verulam CBD. In a second incident Officers received reports that he had shot her with a pellet gun during an argument.
She did not register criminal cases against her attacker in both incidents.
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