Zandspruit mob justice: 200-strong group accused youths of robberies

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It's alleged that anti-crime patrollers were joined by members of the community, who fetched the nine youths from their homes.

“Cases of murder and attempted murder are under investigation to establish what happened. Police are searching for the suspects,” Makhubele said.Ward 114 councillor Victor Mafinya said:"I have been informed that the men were beaten up by community members.

EFF branch secretary Gift Mkasi said community patrollers in Zandspruit had caught a man who was alleged to have committed a crime in the area, at about 2am. He said the situation was calm by mid-morning and there were no other threats of violence after the incident.He said the crime rate was high in Zandspruit and the community was fed up.

Earlier on Wednesday, Russel Meiring of ER24 said their medics had arrived on scene at 8am and found the nine men “bound, lying in the middle of the field near a smouldering tyre”.Four men had already succumbed to their numerous burn wounds. “Five other men were found with multiple burn wounds and were in critical condition. The men were treated, provided advanced life support interventions before they were transported to nearby provincial hospitals.

 

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