Right-wingers appear for alleged church plot
2011-11-28 18:35
Johannesburg - The case against three men accused of planning to attack a church in Limpopo was posponed by the Naboomspruit Magistrate's Court on Monday, police said.
Brigadier Hangwane Mulaudzi said the three men were expected to make a formal bail application on December 5.
The three were arrested at a farm near Mookgopong (Naboomspruit) after they set alight two tents at a security training camp on a farm last Thursday.
He said the men were previously kicked out of the training centre after they caused problems.
They returned on Thursday night and forced their way onto the farm.
Mulaudzi said a fight ensued between the men and the people living on the farm.
Police were alerted and arrested the men.
He said several home-made weapons were seized, such as swords, bulletproof vests, helmets with spikes, batons with spikes and suspected bomb manufacturing material.
Police believed the men might have been members of a religious cult.
They were apparently also planning to attack a Dutch Reformed church during a service in Mookgopong.
"They believed that only whites were to live in South Africa, the rest must be killed. Leaflets believed to be occult-related were also found on the premises," said Mulaudzi.
They faced charges of malicious damage to property, arson and possession of dangerous weapons.
- SAPA
