Villagers turn violent in protest against ritual killings
Published: 2013 March 13 07:43:30 (7257 Views)
Violence erupted in Mabeskraal Village outside Rustenburg, North West, SA, in protest against a spate of killings in the area recently.
Since December last year, four people in the village have disappeared and were later found dead, their bodies mutilated.
Kgosi Molopyane Mabe called an urgent meeting to discuss the apparent muthi (herbal) killings.
The meeting, which took place in the village then turned violent as people got angry.
At the meeting, Mabe pleaded with sangomas and priests in the area to help find out what’s behind the killings.
He also called on them to use their powers to determine why a number of people have committed suicide in the area.
In one such incident recently, a man hanged himself and his four-year-old son!
Meanwhile, the villagers chanted slogans implying that people implicated in the gruesome killings should be hunted and killed.
After the meeting, the residents tried to block the main road passing through the village using rocks.
Police had to use teargas to disperse the crowd while some people were arrested for public violence.
At the weekend, two businessmen’s houses in Mmakau were torched.
The locals believed the men were involved in the killings.
No one has been arrested for the attacks on the businessmen’s houses.
Police are still investigating the incidents.
- Dailysun
Since December last year, four people in the village have disappeared and were later found dead, their bodies mutilated.
Kgosi Molopyane Mabe called an urgent meeting to discuss the apparent muthi (herbal) killings.
The meeting, which took place in the village then turned violent as people got angry.
At the meeting, Mabe pleaded with sangomas and priests in the area to help find out what’s behind the killings.
He also called on them to use their powers to determine why a number of people have committed suicide in the area.
In one such incident recently, a man hanged himself and his four-year-old son!
Meanwhile, the villagers chanted slogans implying that people implicated in the gruesome killings should be hunted and killed.
After the meeting, the residents tried to block the main road passing through the village using rocks.
Police had to use teargas to disperse the crowd while some people were arrested for public violence.
At the weekend, two businessmen’s houses in Mmakau were torched.
The locals believed the men were involved in the killings.
No one has been arrested for the attacks on the businessmen’s houses.
Police are still investigating the incidents.
- Dailysun
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