Crime
Couple rescued from angry mob
The man was captured at his place of residence and brutally assaulted by the angry mob who accused him for theft of their cattle.
Members of the South African Police Services in Tonga rescued a 35-year-old man and his wife from an angry mob at Mangweni.
According to information at police disposal, eight cattle believed to have been stolen from Schoemansdal were reportedly found in the man’s kraal and three had already been sold.
The Provincial Commissioner of the police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma appealed to the community to refrain from taking the law into their own hands but to report criminals to the police.
Police have opened a stock theft case for investigation and the man will appear before the Nkomazi Magistrate’s Court in absentia as he is currently recuperating in hospital.
