Grassy Park police have identified the e-hailing driver wrongfully accused of rape Parkwood.
Thirty-one-year-old Abongile
Mafalala from Du Noon was identified as the man brutally murdered by Parkwood
residents on Tuesday morning, in a disastrous attack that unfolded in the wake
of false kidnapping rumours.
According to reports, he was
identified soon after his murder, and police discovered an unexpected gang
element to the incident. Its alleged that the man had been robbed prior to the
wrong accusation. Witnessed stated that several gangsters were seen searching
the deceased’s vehicle for valuables before he was set alight
Grassy Park Police Station commander
Dawood Laing said: “We can confirm that no person was abducted or attempted to
be abducted.
“A witness made contact with
SAPS to inform us about the alleged kidnapping of a child or children.
“No member of the public could identify or
notify SAPS of any victim or victims that were kidnapped or in the process of
being kidnapped.”
Laing said two suspects were
also seen searching through the pockets of the victim after he was severely beaten
and left for dead before him being set on fire.
“This was a criminal attack on
an innocent man started by gangsters and the community completing this brutal
attack.
by Everngelista Muza
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