A WELL-KNOWN and respected figure in the south has been arrested by Mondeor SAPS on June 19 for allegedly beating to a pulp three men at Vorster Park in Glenanda on April 30.
The three alleged victims from Glenanda said they had were sitting at the park having a conversation as they always did in the afternoons when they were ambushed by a group of about ten men.
“I’ve never been beat up like that, I was told I was a kaffir,” said one of the victims who cannot be named. According to the alleged victims, they were beat up, kicked in their ribs, stomped on their heads and verbally abused by the men who claimed they were bringing order in the community.
The alleged victims described the assailants as wearing bullet proof vests with the writing ‘Police’ on them. These suspects are said to always patrol Vorster Park in the evenings, randomly fire shots and come the following morning to collect bullet casings.
Although the three men were attacked by about ten suspects, the one suspect that has been arrested cannot be named until he has appeared in court.
More information to follow after the men have made a court appearance.
