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Drugged SA man batters Zimbabwean mates to death with a large rock
16 Mar 2012 at 09:49hrs | Views
Two Zimbabwean men have been battered to death by their South African friend they have been drinking with, the Star reported.
The mother of the South African man discovered the two dead Zimbabweans on the floor of her son when she went to check on him before heading to work.
The woman notified the police, and SAPS spokeswoman Captain Pinky Tsinyane said officers arrived as the 36-year-old son was trying to flee the scene in a car. They gave chase and arrested him.
Tsinyane said the suspect and the deceased â€" two Zimbabweans â€" were drinking at Club 88 in Kempton Park on Monday night.
The suspect, she said, suggested they make a trip to Sun City. One of the deceased put R100 petrol into the car. They then proceeded to a house in Pomona, where the suspect smoked drugs with the deceased. But a fight apparently broke out when the suspect claimed R800 had been taken from him.
He then took the men back to his parents' house, where he bound their hands, before apparently beating them to death in his bedroom with a large rock.
Tsinyane said further investigation would confirm the cause of death.
The mother of the South African man discovered the two dead Zimbabweans on the floor of her son when she went to check on him before heading to work.
The woman notified the police, and SAPS spokeswoman Captain Pinky Tsinyane said officers arrived as the 36-year-old son was trying to flee the scene in a car. They gave chase and arrested him.
The suspect, she said, suggested they make a trip to Sun City. One of the deceased put R100 petrol into the car. They then proceeded to a house in Pomona, where the suspect smoked drugs with the deceased. But a fight apparently broke out when the suspect claimed R800 had been taken from him.
He then took the men back to his parents' house, where he bound their hands, before apparently beating them to death in his bedroom with a large rock.
Tsinyane said further investigation would confirm the cause of death.
Source - iol
