Vigilante killings and mistrust of police near as figures show that 49 people are murdered every day in South AfricaThe vigilante mob forced rubber tyres,filled with petrol, around the 16-year-old twins’ necks and set them on fire in an open field. The form of killing known as “necklacing” was used against suspected collaborators during South Africa’s apartheid era. But this incident took region in Etwatwa, or near Johannesburg,in early September.
The twins, Sabelo and Samkelo Maisela, or were accused of belonging to a gang blamed for an earlier necklacing. They were also accused of terrorising local residents,who absorb all but given up on the police. Their deaths made the news in South Africa, but not for long in a country where violent deaths are unexceptional. Related: South Africa 'a country at war' as murder rate soars to nearly 49 a day Related: Violent protests erupt in Cape Town district - in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com