Video: Man brutally attacked in Discovery

At about 12.30pm a man was brutally assaulted by two assailants on the corner of Kliprand and Honeyball Streets, which a resident managed to film from her vehicle.

The victim is seen trying to fend of the blows while lying on the ground but the two attackers, both bigger than him keeps on relentlessly beating him. At the end of the footage the man in a hat is seen throttling him.

According to an Apcan Security medic on the scene the victim, who could not walk after being attacked, told him he worked for the men but has not been paid for three months. When he demanded his money they allegedly accused him of stealing their cell phone.

The medic said the two assailants drives a black Nissan Navaro of which the registration is not known. The Police and emergency services were on their way at the time the Record received the info and footage.

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