A courageous 6-year-old boy who fought off a man who tried to rape his mother was stabbed to death by the fiend, it was reported Wednesday.

Little Kutlwano Garesape spotted the assailant — Teselo Dikole — as he was walking to school with his 42-year-old mother, Segomotso, and his 8-year-old brother near the village of Jan Kempdorp in South Africa’s Northern Cape last Friday, according to media reports.

Dikole, 32, reportedly confronted the family with a broken bottle and demanded cash.

When the mom didn’t produce any money, Dikole became angry and attempted to rape her, the South African Broadcast Corporation reported.

“The next moment I felt someone grab me by the shoulder, pulling on a school bag. Thabiso was screaming: ‘Watch out, he is going to stab you with a bottle,'” according to an account the mother gave to the media reported in the Daily Mail.

“Kutlwano slapped the man across the face and told him to let go of me. He kept on screaming, ‘Let go of my mommy! It is my mommy!,’ while slapping and kicking the man,” Segomotso told the media.

“I could feel that the man was pulling up my skirt with his other hand and realized that he wanted to rape me in front of my children,” the mom said.

Dikole then smacked Kutlwano, knocking him to the ground.

“I saw that he now wanted to attack my son,” Segomotso said. “I frantically looked for a weapon to use against him but could not find any.”

‘He asked me to kiss him and I did. He then stretched out his hand to his brother. When I held him to my chest again, his arms fell to the side and I knew he was dead.’ - mother Segomotso Garesape

“When Kutlwano fell to the ground, I could see that the man was strangling him. Then his arm went up and down and I realized that he was stabbing my son with the bottle,” Segomotso said.

“I heard my child crying out for me and I saw him trying to defend himself with his hands. The man just kept on stabbing him,” she added.

Screaming and crying, Segomotso ran to the main road to get some help, but cars just whizzed by.

She then reportedly went back to the scene, only to hear her boy frantically calling her name as Dikole continued his savage assault.

Several good Samaritans finally came to their aid, prompting Dikole to flee after he had dragged the boy’s limp body onto nearby railway tracks.

“I picked Kutlwano up and held him to my chest. He told me to hold him and I sat down on the railway line and held him to my chest,” Segomotso told the media.

“He asked me to kiss him and I did. He then stretched out his hand to his brother,” she said. “When I held him to my chest again, his arms fell to the side and I knew he was dead.”

Police arrested Dikole during a sweep of the area.