Thugs spurned his 'old' cellphone
A CAPE Town man was attacked in an East London cemetery on Friday.
John Fraser, 50, was left with a 15cm long knife wound to his face and bruises to his body after being assaulted by three men.
He was searching for his sister’s grave in Buffalo City Metro’s East Bank Cemetery when the attack took place.
His assailants walked off with just a cigarette after discovering he didn’t have anything valuable in his possession, even turning up their noses at his cellphone because it was not worth much.
Fraser, who arrived in East London on Wednesday last week, said he had not visited his sister’s grave since August last year.
He was allegedly attacked by the three men while talking on the phone to a second sister in Cape Town.
He said he had been asking her directions to their sister’s grave because he had been unable to find it due to the poor state of the cemetery, which was overgrown.
“I saw two men coming towards me. They didn’t say anything to me; they just got hold of me and started beating me up.”
Fraser said he thought he was going to die and desperately tried to defend himself.
“I was winning but then a third person came from behind and started stabbing at me,” he said.
He collapsed and while he was on the ground, the three continued kicking him.
Fraser said he was not the only one in the graveyard as he had passed two municipal workers at the entrance, but he said they had not witnessed the attack.
“A few minutes later, the men just walked off as if nothing happened,” he said.
“I’m upset because I never got to pay my respects and put some flowers on my late sister’s grave.
“The place is dangerous, I am never going back there unless I am under police protection.”
He said the men, whom he estimated were in their late 20s and early 30s, walked off with just one cigarette and weren’t even interested in his cellphone as they said it was “old”.
Fraser reported the matter to the Quigney Community Policing Forum reporting point but was told they couldn’t help him.
Source: Daily Dispatch
Mourner stabbed in cemetery
Thugs spurned his 'old' cellphone
A CAPE Town man was attacked in an East London cemetery on Friday.
John Fraser, 50, was left with a 15cm long knife wound to his face and bruises to his body after being assaulted by three men.
He was searching for his sister’s grave in Buffalo City Metro’s East Bank Cemetery when the attack took place.
His assailants walked off with just a cigarette after discovering he didn’t have anything valuable in his possession, even turning up their noses at his cellphone because it was not worth much.
Fraser, who arrived in East London on Wednesday last week, said he had not visited his sister’s grave since August last year.
He was allegedly attacked by the three men while talking on the phone to a second sister in Cape Town.
He said he had been asking her directions to their sister’s grave because he had been unable to find it due to the poor state of the cemetery, which was overgrown.
“I saw two men coming towards me. They didn’t say anything to me; they just got hold of me and started beating me up.”
Fraser said he thought he was going to die and desperately tried to defend himself.
“I was winning but then a third person came from behind and started stabbing at me,” he said.
He collapsed and while he was on the ground, the three continued kicking him.
Fraser said he was not the only one in the graveyard as he had passed two municipal workers at the entrance, but he said they had not witnessed the attack.
“A few minutes later, the men just walked off as if nothing happened,” he said.
“I’m upset because I never got to pay my respects and put some flowers on my late sister’s grave.
“The place is dangerous, I am never going back there unless I am under police protection.”
He said the men, whom he estimated were in their late 20s and early 30s, walked off with just one cigarette and weren’t even interested in his cellphone as they said it was “old”.
Fraser reported the matter to the Quigney Community Policing Forum reporting point but was told they couldn’t help him.
Source: Daily Dispatch
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