Mooinooi Mob justice 

Brits – The SAPS provincial commissioner in the North West, lieutenant general Sello Kwena has urged communities not to take the law into their own hands when dealing with perpetrators of crime. This warning follows an incident on Saturday 13 February in which a man was allegedly burnt to death and another person assaulted during mob justice incidents. The incidents were reported in Segwaelane village in Mooinooi.  

On the day in question, police were summoned to the village at about 23:40, finding a mob severely assaulting a man. Despite threats, police rescued the man and a woman from a group of people that barricaded the road. They were heavily armed with sticks, pangas, and knobkerries. The Public Order Police (POP) unit had to be summoned to the scene for backup after community members started throwing stones at the police. The burnt remains of a man were discovered by the police when they inspected a minibus that had been torched by the angry mob. The victims were apparently accused of several incidents of house robbery recently committed. No arrests have been made yet.