WOMAN SETS HOUSE WITH HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN ON FIRE

 



 



 

A Mochudi man is fighting for his life at Deborah Retief Memorial hospital after his abusive wife set the house they were sleeping in ablaze last weekend.

As the international community observed the ‘16 Days of Activism on violence against women and children’, Shianyana Modise’s estranged wife went on rampage and attempted to burn her husband and three children including a two-month old baby, inside the house.

When describing details of the horrific incident, 39-year old Shianyana Modise told of how his habitually abusive wife, Violet, had phoned informing him that she suspected that the food in the house had been poisoned.

“I had gone to the cattle post on Friday when I received the call.

She told me that she had not cooked any food as she suspected that the food had been poisoned.

When I got back home she had put all food-stuffs into a large bowl and mixed with water.

When I asked why she did that she started throwing her usual tantrums, insulting me and throwing stuff all over the place.

She broke the furniture and other household property and I went to the police station and reported the incident.

Modise said he was awoken by a cloud of smoke engulfing his bedroom at 3am on Saturday and that when he opened the bedroom door the living room was on fire and he suffered burns as he tried to escape.

“When I tried to open the door to get out of the house I found that it had been locked.

I then went through the inferno and tried to rescue Violet and the kids but their room was also locked.

I managed to break the burglar bars to my room and escaped through the window.

It was only then that I managed to break the other window and rescue the kids. I was screaming for help at the same time and my brother and other neighbours came and doused the flames and we managed to get Violet out of the house.”

“After the incident the affected family members who included children aged 11 years, 8 years and two months were taken to the hospital.

The woman has been admitted at Sbrana Psychiatric hospital in Lobatse for mental examination.