Mother raped, father hacked to death, boy drowned in boiling water

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A 12-year-old boy was drowned in boiling water after seeing his mother raped and killed and his father hacked to death by three men who broke into his home south of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Amaro Jose Viana, a South African of Portuguese descent, was first gagged and then drowned because he would have been able to identify his family's assailants, according to court reports.

The sobbing child had been forced to watch as his father Tony Viana, 53, was tied up and assaulted with a panga hunting knife and a golf club before his mother Geraldine was raped and then shot with his father's gun. His father was then also shot dead and the family dog's stomach was cut open.

On Wednesday, Patrick Radebe, 24, the family's gardener, Sipho Mbele, 21, their domestic worker's son, and Sphiwe Motaung, 20, were led back to the cells laughing after Radebe and Mbele pleaded guilty to three charges of murder and one of rape and Motaung pleaded guilty to house robbery charges.

The men will be sentenced on September 6.