Police in Thaba Nchu in the Free State is investigating two cases of murder after a mother and her son were shot and killed with rifles in their home on Monday.
According to police, the 54-year-old mother was busy cooking supper when two unknown men started shooting outside her house.
The two allegedly stormed the house and shot the woman in her stomach and arm.
Her 27-year-old son rushed to the kitchen to check what was going on when he too was killed.
Police said a 6-year-old child survived the traumatic ordeal after he took cover under a table.
Police found 11 empty cartridges at the scene and three bullet holes in the bedroom wall.
No arrests have been made.
