NProv 'witch' burned alive
2001-08-14 19:52
Nelspruit - A 67-year-old man accused by a mob of being a witch was burned to death on Monday in Masoyi village near Hazyview in the Northern Province.
The victim, Amoni Mokoena, was set alight with three burning tyres by angry school children and community members who were convinced he had bewitched a schoolgirl who died sometime earlier.
The group apparently fetched Mokoena from his home, tied him up with wires and took him to an isolated spot where they assaulted him before setting him alight.
Mokoena was a night watchman at the same school the girl attended. He was accused of having turned her corpse into a zombie which he was keeping at his home.
No arrests had been made by Tuesday afternoon but investigations were under way.
- SAPA