Vigilantes kill man
2006-02-27 13:04
Pinetown - An angry mob attacked two men accused of committing crimes, killing one of them and seriously injuring the other in KwaDabeka, near Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Monday.
"Community members caught the two men around 21:30 on Sunday and began to assault them," Superintendent Daniella Veldhuizen said on Monday.
"A 25-year-old man died at the scene and the other person was taken to RK Khan Hospital," she said
Veldhuizen said the nature of the men's alleged crimes was not known. It was also not known how they were assaulted.
Two people had since been arrested for the attack and would appear soon in the Pinetown magistrate's court.
- SAPA