Seven arrested for triple murder

There were 696 deaths in custody in 2012/13 compared to 932 in the previous financial year. File photo
There were 696 deaths in custody in 2012/13 compared to 932 in the previous financial year. File photo

Seven people were arrested after they allegedly stoned three men to death in Harare, Khayelitsha, Western Cape police said on Monday.

Lt-Col Andrè Traut said the three, aged between 18 and 23, were killed on Sunday evening. Two other people were injured in the attack.

"It is suspected that the victims visited a tavern in the area, whereafter an altercation of some nature resulted in the brutal attack," Traut said.

Police arrested the seven. They would appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

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