Following the first weekend, after the country moved to alert Level 2, many people of the community became targets of muggings by gangs who are believed to be operating between eMbalenhle and Kinross. The community decided to take justice into their own hands.
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Residents from extension 15, eMbalenhle took justice into their hands when one alleged gang member was spotted during the day and was apprehended by the community. This gang member was nearly beaten to death.
It is alleged that he is one of the gang members who is terrorising the community at night which resulted in many people being injured and ending up in different medical facilities.
At the time of authoring this article, the alleged gang member’s health condition could not be confirmed.
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Some alleged that he died later in hospital after he was rescued by SAPS from the community. The Bulletin is still trying to verify this information
