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The stabbing pictures that have shocked South Africa and the world
19 Apr 2015 at 21:32hrs | Views
Images by: JAMES OATWAY Sunday Times.
The brutality of South Africans turning on their neighbours was brought home yesterday morning as people stood by while a Mozambican man was stalked, stabbed and killed as he lay in township filth, pleading for his life.
His attackers had followed him down a street, keeping their prey at arm's length, waiting for an opening to land the fatal blow.
They circled him as, on his knees amid rubbish, he pleaded for mercy.
In those moments, Emmanuel Sithole was no longer a man, a neighbour, a human being. The intensity on his attackers' faces showed that he had become a thing to kill - each thrust aimed with ferocity.
Around the macabre scene - where children had played and adults had strolled moments before - some now held their hands to their mouths in horror. Others stood seemingly detached, as if watching a movie.
The attack on Sithole lasted about two minutes.
Gauteng police announced it was offering a reward of up to R100 000 for information that may lead to the arrest and conviction of those who killed Mozambican national Emmanuel Sithole on Saturday.
The 35-year-old Sithole was stabbed in Alexandra on Saturday morning and later died in hospital.
His attackers had followed him down a street, keeping their prey at arm's length, waiting for an opening to land the fatal blow.
They circled him as, on his knees amid rubbish, he pleaded for mercy.
In those moments, Emmanuel Sithole was no longer a man, a neighbour, a human being. The intensity on his attackers' faces showed that he had become a thing to kill - each thrust aimed with ferocity.
Around the macabre scene - where children had played and adults had strolled moments before - some now held their hands to their mouths in horror. Others stood seemingly detached, as if watching a movie.
The attack on Sithole lasted about two minutes.
Gauteng police announced it was offering a reward of up to R100 000 for information that may lead to the arrest and conviction of those who killed Mozambican national Emmanuel Sithole on Saturday.
The 35-year-old Sithole was stabbed in Alexandra on Saturday morning and later died in hospital.
Source - online
