JOHANNESBURG - Police in the North West are probing the murder of a 48-year-old mother, allegedly at the hands of her own son.
A video of the gruesome murder in Mosiane View village in Mahikeng has gone viral.
The 25-year-old can be seen continuing to hack at his mother with a shovel, even after she had died.
Police say drugs cannot be ruled out as a possible influence behind the murder.
But, SAPS Occult Related Crimes Unit has been roped in to investigate the case.
The son died after a neighbour shot at him in an attempt to calm him down.