In South Africa two white men put a black man in a coffin
South African judge will issue its verdict Friday in the case of two white men accused in the attack on a black farmer Victor Mlekwa.
Last year, the video of the incident went viral under hastega # coffinassault, triggering a debate on racism in South Africa and has led to the fact that Mlotshwa went to the police.
Two suspects, Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson, are charged with kidnapping, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm. Judge Suhopolje Sheila Mphahlele, at the hearing on Friday in the magistrate's court of Middelburg, listened to the testimony of several witnesses and the accused for the verdict.
Men attacked a black farmer, they ordered him to climb into a coffin in a ditch and warned that if he tries to escape, they shoot him. Matwa said that they beat him when he refused to comply with that request, so he had to obey. After he heard both criminal discussed that they have to pour into the coffin gasoline and set it on fire. The farmer told me that is very scared when she noticed that the men had gasoline, and when Oosthuizen asked him how he wants to die.
In the end he realized that no one is guarding it, sprang from the tomb and ran away as fast as possible. He said he received injuries to the face, shoulder, back, arms and legs, but did not seek medical help.
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