CRL Rights Commission condemns deadly church attack

Gunmen stormed the church, killing five people over the weekendAt least 40 people have since been arrested in connection with the incident.

"As the CRL Commission, we believe that regardless of the motives of the assailants who committed this hostage incident, however, there can never be any justifiable reason whatsoever for anyone to storm into a church fully armed with various types of ammunitions with an intention to attack or even take away anyone’s life," the commission said in a statement.

The South African Union Council of Independent Churches said churches' business interests add to leadership battles. "There was never an incident of this nature, until now recently, when this splinter group started what they're doing. This matter is before the High Court and they are impatient for the due process of the law to unfold," Abiel Wessie, the church's executive council chairperson said.

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