FREE STATE. – Twelve people have been arrested following the alleged mob justice and murder of a foreign herder at Mashaeng Commonage near Fouriesburg.
Mmako Mophiring, police spokesperson, said police found the man's body on Thursday with multiple bruises and eye injuries. According to the preliminary investigation, the herder was accused of stealing a lamb. He was allegedly attacked after the lamb's head and legs were found near a dam. The investigation led to the arrest of 12 suspects aged between 24 and 59 years. Ten are foreign nationals and two are South Africans from Mashaeng.
The suspects are facing murder charges and are expected to appear in the Fouriesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
