Mother recounts horror after son’s throat slit by housemaid
Shani Charles (right), the mother of Maliki Charles (center), after he was discharged from Muhimbili National Hospital, on August 7, 2024. On the left is Maliki’s father, Hashim Kitumbi. PHOTO | SALOME GREGORY
Dar es Salaam. The mother of Maliki, a six-year-old boy whose throat was almost slit by a housemaid last month, has finally opened up, revealing the ordeal that she went through upon receiving the news.
Malik, a first-grade pupil, was attacked by the housemaid identified by police as Clemensia Cosmas after returning home from school at around 6pm on July 15, 2024, in Goba Kinzudi, Kinondoni District.
