Monday, January 02, 2012

Free State man killed by a mob.

Andiswa Mkosi
2 January 2011

A man was necklaced by Thaba Nchu community members in the early hours of Monday morning.

Constable Consolation Mokoale said the man was believed to be a livestock thief after he was found in a kraal in Gladstone Trust, Thaba Nchu, when he was attacked around 00:30.

.He was reportedly severely assaulted before being necklaced .

Necklacing involves forcing a rubber tyre soaked with petrol around a person's chest and arms, and setting it on fire. The man was still on fire when the police arrived. He was later declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

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