Distressing footage showing a South African man forcing a wailing black man into a coffin and threatening to set fire to it has gone viral across social media in South Africa, re-igniting the debate about racial conflict that continues to blight the ‘rainbow nation’.
In the 20-second clip, shot on a mobile phone, a white man – thought to be a farmer – is seen dropping a large stick in order to cram a clearly petrified black man into the wooden casket, ordering him to ‘get in, I want to throw some petrol.’
The victim, Victor Rethabile Mlotshwa, was resisting and could be heard screaming as his captors - named as Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jacksonthen - threatened to put a snake inside the coffin. It is not clear what happened to Mr Mlotshwa after the filming ended.
Meanwhile, two white South Africans have appeared in court on Wednesday charged with “kidnapping and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm”.
Photo: You Tube/ Stonda
Photo: You Tube/ Stonda
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