The grandmother of a murdered five-year-old boy says she felt trapped in a violent relationship that she could not escape from.

Maria Pienaar is now left grieving the brutal loss of her grandson at the hands of the very man who allegedly controlled and abused her for months.

The father of the two civilian sisters who died in the Saturday accident said he is still numb from the news of the death of his two daughters.

Berrent Jagger made the remarks to NBC News after the Swapo Party Secretary of the Women's Wing visited the Jagger family today.