Appeal for witnesses over Overport mob justice incident
If you have any information on an incident of mob justice in Durban's Overport area - you've been asked to please pass it on to police.
Officers have told Newswatch they have in their possession a video - doing the rounds on social media and WhatsApp - showing two men being beaten.
Angry members of the public and plainclothes security personnel, are seen assaulting the suspected ATM scamsters outside the Sparksport Pharmacy.
One man is struck with a bush knife. The other - in a a bloodied vest - is being shoved and pulled.
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The police's Thulani Zwane says no one's opened a case yet.
"We've condemned vigilantism by the members of the community. We are appealing to the community that they must please come forward and hand over the suspect if they suspect him of any crime in the area," he said.
Zwane says in a separate incident but also in the Overport area, police arrested a 52-year-old man yesterday who was found carrying a number of stolen bank cards.