Mozambican attacked by a group of youngsters after a drinking binge at a local liquor restaurant
IN WHAT is viewed as a xenophobic attack, a Mozambican national was stoned to death at GaPhasha village outside Burgersfort in Limpopo on Monday.
The man, whose identity has not yet been revealed, was attacked by a group of youngsters after a drinking binge at a local liquor restaurant.
The incident comes months after hundreds of foreigners, who work at a mine, were chased from the village by the same community.
The villagers accused the foreigners of stealing their jobs at the mine and of being behind criminal activities.
The following week a local secondary school, Ngwana-Ngwato, was set alight just a day before the local government elections.
The incensed villagers allegedly accused the school management of enrolling the children of foreigners who stole their jobs in the mine.
Limpopo police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Ronel Otto said both the suspects and the victim were earlier seen drinking at a tavern just after midnight.
"Hours later, the suspects allegedly dragged the victim to an old spaza shop where they attacked him with a barricade of stones until he died. His body was found in a pool of blood the following day by villagers who passed at the scene going to work.
"Through a tip-off, we managed to arrest two suspects and we hope to bring the other two who are still at large to book. We have opened cases of murder against them and our investigations will continue," she said.
The spokesperson for the Sekhukhune community mining committee, Biko Mphoka, said: "While we understand the plight of youths for job opportunities at the mine, we don't encourage xenophobic attacks and crime in general."
Barely a month ago, a Zimbabwean national was stoned to death in Polokwane Extension 75.
Foreigner stoned to death
Mozambican attacked by a group of youngsters after a drinking binge at a local liquor restaurant
IN WHAT is viewed as a xenophobic attack, a Mozambican national was stoned to death at GaPhasha village outside Burgersfort in Limpopo on Monday.
The man, whose identity has not yet been revealed, was attacked by a group of youngsters after a drinking binge at a local liquor restaurant.
The incident comes months after hundreds of foreigners, who work at a mine, were chased from the village by the same community.
The villagers accused the foreigners of stealing their jobs at the mine and of being behind criminal activities.
The following week a local secondary school, Ngwana-Ngwato, was set alight just a day before the local government elections.
The incensed villagers allegedly accused the school management of enrolling the children of foreigners who stole their jobs in the mine.
Limpopo police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Ronel Otto said both the suspects and the victim were earlier seen drinking at a tavern just after midnight.
"Hours later, the suspects allegedly dragged the victim to an old spaza shop where they attacked him with a barricade of stones until he died. His body was found in a pool of blood the following day by villagers who passed at the scene going to work.
"Through a tip-off, we managed to arrest two suspects and we hope to bring the other two who are still at large to book. We have opened cases of murder against them and our investigations will continue," she said.
The spokesperson for the Sekhukhune community mining committee, Biko Mphoka, said: "While we understand the plight of youths for job opportunities at the mine, we don't encourage xenophobic attacks and crime in general."
Barely a month ago, a Zimbabwean national was stoned to death in Polokwane Extension 75.
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