Four people, aged between 36 and 49, have been arrested in connection with an alleged mob attack that left three men dead and another injured outside Qonce at the weekend.
Cases of triple murder and attempted murder were opened after the incident in Ilitha Township in the early hours of Saturday.
Four men, all 30, were allegedly assaulted by community members.
“Two men were certified dead at the scene while the other two were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, where one of them died,” police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa said.
“The surviving victim is still in hospital.”
An investigation by the provincial serious and violent crime unit members led to the arrest of the suspects.
They are all from Ilitha and will appear in the Zwelitsha magistrate’s court on Wednesday.
Acting provincial police commissioner Major-General Thandiswa Kupiso urged community members to stand with the police in pursuit of justice and cautioned them not to take the law into their own hands.
“We have experienced detectives that will investigate and address crime through the legal channels,” she said.
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