HHELEHHELE:Liphoyisa Lemmango Mgadlela Tsabedze’s son of Hhelehhele was on Saturday, heavily assaulted by residents for allegedly raping a six(6) year-old girl.
The alleged suspect was then dragged by the residents to the Police Station.
Senior Superintendent Phindile Vilakati, the Police Spokesperson declined to comment.
But a resident of the area and a relative to the victim who was allegedly present when the suspect was apprehended, told this Swaziland News that, the suspect was subsequently handed over to the police.
“As you can see in the video, he was assaulted and then handed over to the police for investigation”, said the relative.
Efforts to reach Mgadlela Tsabedze proved unsuccessful at the time of compiling this report.
Cases of mob violence are escalating in eSwatini, last week this publication reported that, a fifteen(15) year-old suspect was heavily assaulted at Hhukwini for allegedly breaking into former Member of Parliament(MP) Saladin Magagula’s Grocery Shop.
Liphoyisa Lemmango Mgadlela Tsabedze’s son detailed and held hostage by Hhelehhele residents, suspect heavily assaulted for allegedly raping a six(6) year old girl.