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'When you buy Uzzi‚ you get a criminal record'

Clothing brand Uzzi was the butt of jokes on social media on Tuesday after the appearance of the four men accused of allegedy killing Mozambican street vendor Emmanuel Sithole.

Sithole was attacked by a group of men in Alexandra‚ north of Johannesburg‚ on Saturday morning. He died from his injuries hours later.

As usual‚ Tweeps overlook nothing‚ including the regalia of two of the four suspects who appeared in a photograph wearing Uzzi hoodies.

Uzzi was the top-trending topic on Twitter for most Tuesday‚ with some users giving their thoughts of the brand.

Here are some of the tweets:

- @Loom–8: Uzzi sweaters are knitted using missing shredded police dockets.. if u look closely u can see the case numbers;

- @Sikho–N: Instead of a slip‚ when you buy Uzzi‚ you get a criminal record;

- @CulpritEnter: Every time they interview a criminal on Carte Blanche‚ he’s wearing an Uzzi item;

- @CharlezSimmons: Who ever created the Uzzi brand i feel for you.Why are criminals so fond of the Uzzi brand ‚that i dunno;

- @BlvckGangsta: uzzi hoodies is for niggas who put silencers on a gun and still say “baaaah” when they fire shots.

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