Seeiso Chatsane (33) was hacked to death after he left his home with a barbed-wire bat to avenge his enemy in Orange Farm, Vereeniging. Although it is unclear why and how the fight started, a family member of the deceased said he left home with the words that he would be coming back alive

The brutal killing happened in broad daylight in Extension 7b where the deceased was overpowered and killed with his own weapon.

According to the family, the deceased was his normal self when he left home, but 30 minutes later they got a call from friends that he was killed.

Speaking to Sedibeng Ster, his father, Fikile Chatsane (58) said he heard someone in the house around 8:00 in the morning.

“Seeiso entered the house in the morning, when I went to check, he had already gone out. I ran after him and found him with the weapon.

“When I asked him [what was wrong], he told to me in a soft tone that nothing was wrong, but he was coming back alive,” said the father.

Less than 30 minutes later, Chatsane said his son’s friend, who was visibly shaking, came to fetch him claiming that his son was hurt.

“I got to the scene and found my son lying on the ground. I was shaken by how he looked. His body was still hot,” he added.

“I asked what had happened [but no one would tell me]. My son was killed in broad daylight and no one saw what happened. One [woman] said my son is the one who started the fight, I understand she is a parent of one of the suspects,” he said.

“I don’t know what to make of this situation. My son came to my shop in the morning and that was the last I saw of him. Now he will be coming home in a coffin. All I want is justice. I just want to know what happened that lead him to be deserving of being murdered,” he said.

Following the scene in Extension 7b, residents gathered outside the house of the suspected killer. Many wanted his blood, but police intervened.

Police spokeswoman Constable Busisiwe Sango says a case of murder was opened and a suspect has been arrested.

“Police were called to the scene and they managed to arrest a suspect following the murder incident. Investigations into the incident are underway,” she said.