A man has been torched to death and another hospitalised after being assaulted by a mob that accused the pair of robbing a woman of her handbag in Hillbrow‚ Johannesburg.
Police are investigating cases of murder and attempted murder after the gruesome attack by members of the community on Monday.
“Two men robbed a woman of her handbag at Hillbrow and people chased and caught them and unfortunately applied mob justice‚” said police spokesperson Capt Kay Makhubele.
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