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A 34-year-old mother of two was chopped to death by a close male relative on Saturday.

The horrific killing was witnessed by the woman’s children at their Post Office Trace, New Grant, Princes Town home.

Sankar is the sixth female to be attacked in a domestic related incident in the past week... four were killed.

Reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh visited the Sankar family today for our top story.

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00:00School bus driver and mother of two, 34-year-old Laura Sankar, was chopped to death by a close
00:07male relative at her New Grand Princess Town home on Saturday.
00:12Her 16-year-old son witnessed the attack.
00:16According to police reports, the teen was at home with his younger brother and two cousins,
00:22as Sankar was supposed to take them all to a car show.
00:26He told police Sankar and the suspect were arguing, so he went inside to get dressed
00:31and shortly afterwards heard his mother screaming.
00:35When he came outside, he saw the suspect chopping his mother with a cutlass and quickly got
00:41a wooden stick, hoping to stop the attack, but was unable to.
00:46He and his brother then rushed to a neighbour's house for help, but by the time first responders
00:51arrived at the scene, Sankar was dead.
00:55Investigators say the suspect, who was still at the home, told officers,
01:00quote, I know why I killed she, look the cutlass hair, end quote.
01:05The 41-year-old man was detained and taken into police custody.
01:10On Sunday, Sankar's sister spoke with reporters.
01:13He chopped her to death inside the house by the bathroom.
01:16He cornered her in the bathroom, she couldn't escape, she couldn't escape at all.
01:21She says all relationships have problems.
01:24And while she couldn't say if there was a history of abuse here, there were red flags.
01:52She says her sister was loving and kind and especially enjoyed taking care of her two sons
02:00and the other children in their family.
02:03She encouraged women to look out for certain behavioural traits in their partners
02:08and if necessary, get out before it's too late.
02:22And instead of men to care for women and love a woman, they seem to be advantageous
02:30because they have this egotistic, masculine, whatever, superior behaviour.
02:41And I think when you see red flags start to come up, that is a sign to move on
02:48before it results in losing your life.
02:51Cindy Raghubar, Tika Singh, TV6 News.
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