14 accused in the dock for Zandspruit mob killings
More than a year ago, the raging community of Zandspruit, northwest of Johannesburg, joined a door-to-door hunt for men accused of being responsible for the high crime rate in the area.
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More than a year ago, the raging community of Zandspruit, northwest of Johannesburg, joined a door-to-door hunt for men accused of being responsible for the high crime rate in the area.
The victims were woken from their homes, interrogated and assaulted. They were frog-marched to a gravel soccer pitch, where the brutal beatings continued. Paraffin and tyres were used to necklace the victims.
THE trial of 14 people charged with killing eight young men in a vigilante attack in Zandspruit in 2021 could not yet get underway because the presiding judge is sick.
The pre-trial hearing of 14 people charged with killing eight young men in a vigilante attack in Zandspruit in 2021 has been postponed in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
The case of 14 people accused of killing eight men in Zandspruit earlier this year has ben postponed to January in the Gauteng High Court.