Man killed for ‘stealing wallet’

Monday, December 1, 2008
A FREE State man was killed for allegedly stealing a wallet and cellphone at Bohlokong in Bethlehem, police said yesterday. He had apparently been assaulted by members of the community who accused him of stealing the wallet and cellphone. In another incident, police found the body of an unknown man in a street in Petsana near Reitz. They said it seemed that the victim had also been assaulted by unknown people. Police urged communities not to take the law into their own hands. Violence is not...
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