Three men burnt to death in Sebokeng

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Gauteng police have opened murder cases after three people were severely beaten up by the community and burnt to death in Sebokeng. 

Jimmy Rakobela, 24, Siyabonga Blandile, 22, and Tummie died in the early hours of Sunday morning after they were allegedly assaulted and then doused with flammable liquid by enraged community members.

The trio is suspected of robbing and killing a 29-year-old male when he returned from a Tavern. 

Police confirmed that the community found three suspects hiding inside a container nearby and took the suspects to the stabbing scene.

“The community was mobilised and went searching for the suspects. They found them hiding inside a container and took them to Sebokeng Zone-12, where they assaulted and burned them.

All three vigilantism victims were certified dead on the scene,” police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo.

Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni has strongly condemned this act of vigilantism.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-old father is expected to appear before the Stilfontein magistrates’ court on Monday, for the alleged murder of his two-year-old son. 

North West police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Funani, said the suspect and his 27-year-old girlfriend separated after they had an argument.

“The father went to his girlfriend’s home in Kanana near Klerksdorp on Friday night, August 30, and demanded to be given his three children, aged eight, four and two.

“The following morning, the girlfriend eventually consented on condition that her brother accompanies the children.

“However, on arrival at his place, the boyfriend instructed the children’s uncle to go back home. The uncle left with the four-year-old, leaving behind the two boys, aged two and eight,” she explained.

Lt Col Amanda Funani, stated that the children’s mother received a call from the boyfriend on Saturday, August 31, informing her that he was about to do something. 

She added; “The mother then called the children’s grandmother who informed her that they were on the way to hospital after the suspect allegedly poisoned himself and the two children.

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“Further that the two-year-old was in a bad condition. It was later discovered that the eight-year-old child was not affected as he did not swallow what the father gave him. 

“The two-year-old died in hospital and the father was arrested on Thursday, September 5, after being released from the hospital.”