Vigilate group shot dead

Florentia Roman

12 August 2012

KwaZulu-Natal police say nine members of a vigilante group guarding against cattle theft were shot dead and some 30 are missing after a revenge attack by villagers.

Police discovered the ninth body yesterday.

The massacre took place in the hills 180-kilometres from Durban.

Police say the group caught and allegedly beat up a man suspected of stealing cattle.

In a separate incident a week ago, five men were shot dead and 17 injured in an attack elsewhere in the province blamed on a clan feud, raising concern over violence in the province.