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| Seven in court for ‘Boko Haram’ gang murder |
| 2014-12-12 |
[CITIZEN.CO.ZA] Seven men who were placed in durance vileMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! for allegedly killing an alleged gang member appeared briefly before the Ritavi Magistrates' Court, near Letaba in Limpopo on Wednesday. The arrest came after a community member was shot and killed on Sunday night reportedly by someone believed to be part of a gang called 'Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... ', Letaba Herald reported. The so-called 'Boko Haram' gang reportedly consists of members as young as 16 and was said to be terrorising Dan Village, outside Tzaneen, as well as other nearby areas. Angry community members allegedly killed a 'Boko Haram' member after the death of a resident who was reportedly murdered by the gang. The alleged gang member's body was found hanged close to a local high school on Monday morning. The men were remanded in jug and will appear in court again on December 17. In November, eight people were arrested after a mob killed a youth suspected of house robbery in Protea Glen, Soweto. The mob allegedly went to the boy's home and took him to a resident's house where he was assaulted. The teenager was later taken to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. |
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