BEATEN TO DEATH

BY AZOLA TOM

RESIDENTS from Mandela Park squatter camp in KwaLanga woke up to the sad sight of a dead man in the street.

An unknown 23-year-old man was beaten to death.

He allegedly tried to steal a cellphone from someone who was coming back from work on Friday afternoon.

The person he was trying to rob screamed for help. This attracted a lot of other people who mercilessly beat the thug until he died.

Two other thugs that were with him escaped unharmed. Stones and a stick were used to kill the dead man. 

Sakhile Bona (25), a resident, said: “There was a wooden walking stick close to him and I suspect it was used to beat him.

“This area is dangerous. You can’t even go to the shops because these thieves are waiting to take your belongings. 

“People are tired and the only solution they have is to kill. We all work hard for our things to have them taken just like that.

“I don’t support the killing of people but I think community members are also fed up with crime.” 

Residents said they are sick and tired of thugs who are arrested today and released tomorrow and that’s why they punish people.

Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Trout said: “A 23-year-old man was beaten to death by unknown suspects who are yet to be arrested. The circumstances are being investigated and the motive is yet to be determined.”