Seven suspects have been arrested for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and murder after the death of a man following a feud between initiation school educators and community members in Limpopo.
On Saturday, a 35-year-old man died on a soccer field in Itereleng village, Sekgosese, at around 8:20 pm. The victim was reportedly with a group of initiation school educators who went to switch off the music being played within the vicinity by community members.
Hadebe said that after the manhunt was launched, the police made a breakthrough on Sunday, which resulted in three suspects, aged between 43 and 42, being charged with assault and GBH. Four suspects, aged between 35 and 45, were charged with murder. The assault GBH suspects will appear before the Senwamokgope Periodical Court, and the murder suspects will appear before the Giyani Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.