Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA
Two men have been killed in what appears to be mob
justice-related murders in Limpopo on Monday.
According to police
spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, the men were hacked to death and
burnt at the Sebjeng village in Ga-Molepo. The charred bodies of the deceased
were found by the police on Tuesday.
"The deceased were allegedly kidnapped on Monday
by community members from different villages of Ga-Molepo, apparently accusing
them of stock theft," Mojapelo said in a statement.
"They then took them to a community hall at
Sebjeng Ga-Molepo where they were severely assaulted.
"The victims were thereafter taken to the
bushes next to the old Setlakalane High School where they were burnt. A motor
vehicle belonging to one of the deceased was also found torched a few
kilometres from the scene."
The provincial commissioner of the South African
Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, has condemned the
attack.
"The people who committed these vigilante acts
will be hunted down and brought to book", said Ledwaba.
"South Africa is a constitutional democracy
where the rule of law reigns supreme and in which the presumption of innocence
must be granted until proved otherwise by the court of law. People must report
anyone they suspect of being a criminal to the police and not take the law into
their own hands," said Ledwaba.
The deceased were identified as Thabana Mokgohloa,
58, from Ga-Mothapo Nnoko, and Mack Mashapa, 55, from Ga-Magowa. The police are
investigating the possibility that a third person might have suffered the same
fate.
Cases of two counts of murder and kidnapping have
been opened for investigation and a manhunt is already underway. - News24
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