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Durban mom killed for supporting Palestine

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A MAN allegedly attacked a Glenmore family, stabbing their mother to death, threatening to rape her teenage daughter and seriously wounding two others, because they “supported Palestine”.

Grayson James Beare, 44, of the Berea, appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the murder of Halima Firoza Hoosen-Preston, 49, the attempted murder of her husband, Sean Preston, and their 18-year-old son, Adam.

The father and son were stabbed multiple times, and are recovering in hospital.

Their 13-year- old daughter, Sofia, was not harmed.

Scores of supporters of Palestine gathered at the court to stand in solidarity with the family and

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