– A Cape Town mother recently shot his kids, killing one and injuring two, before turning the gun on herself
– It has emerged that she may have been depressed after losing a financial investment in a Ponzi scheme
A 43-year-old mother in Cape Town, South Africa, has reportedly shot dead her 21-year-old son and injured her twins before killing herself.
According to reports, Aneesa Arrison shot her eldest son in the head. She also shot her 14-year-old twins, one of whom sustained serious head injuries and is due for surgery.
A bullet caught the other twin in the arm and he pretended to be dead. He later called for help from neighbors.
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Aneesa then reportedly shot herself in the head and died instantly.
Family members have reported that Aneesa, may have been suffering from depression after losing a substantial financial investment in a Ponzi scheme under investigation by local authorities.
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Aneesa’s cousin Nazeem Layloo informed police that Aneesa had invested part of her late husband’s life pension in an investment scheme known as 4th Power Investment, which subsequently came under scrutiny for being fraudulent.
An association formed to protect the interests of the scheme’s investors released a confirmation that Aneesa was indeed among the investors and had been cooperating with investigations.
The association also noted that authorities had frozen the scheme’s bank accounts, which may have affected Aneesa’s source of income.
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