Six rescued from bloodthirsty crowd

Mob justice was served in the Makhulugama informal settlement following an attempted murder.

The Krugersdorp Police arrested six suspects for possession of unlicensed firearms, pointing of firearms and attempted murder.

An initial report, to read click here, by the News stated that residents of the informal settlement took the law into their own hands after two murder cases had been opened at the Kagiso Police Station over the weekend.

Since the article had been published the News received a second formal statement from the police that tells a different story.

“It is alleged that the suspects were robbing illegal miners of the soil they had brought up from underground. The community of Makhulugama informal settlement near West Village retaliated and started stoning the suspects, assaulting them with sharp objects and also stoning their vehicle,” Constable Tshepiso Mashale, spokesperson for the Krugersdorp Police said.

According to Mashale, one of the suspects started shooting at the community members.

Police had to rescue the six suspects from the angry crowd.

Four of the six suspects who sustained serious injuries in the attack were transported to hospital under strict police guard.

“Two unlicensed firearms were recovered at the scene,” Mashale commented.

The suspects are aged between 19 and 42 and are due to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrates’ Court.

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