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‘Kangaroo’ court burns alive man thought to have raped and murdered a Qhamuka teen
IN THE ZO TODAY: There was no official arrest or formal investigation, but the community acted swiftly and brutally to eradicate him in the most brutal manner
THEY filmed the necklacing, while dancing and chanting around his writhing body.
Lindo Mthembu (26) was believed to have been the man who last week raped and murdered a 17-year old teenager before dumping her body in a bush.
He was set alight at Choloclate City Park on Thursday night by a vigilante mob who put a tyre around his neck and watched him burn alive.
Police who arrived on scene called the fire engines to extinguish the flames, but it was too late to save his life.
Read the fulls story in the ZO Monday Edition, out now.
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