The charges against the men who assaulted black teenage boys at a resort in the Free State on Christmas Day were upgraded from assault to an attempted murder case as more information was brought to light.
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A family’s Christmas celebrations at the Maselspoort Resort & Conference Centre seemed to be a time-travelling experience after two young black boys were attacked because they were “not allowed in a pool reserved for white people”.
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Family came to spend the day @ MASELSPOORT RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTRE in Free State. My brothers were attacked by these grown men because they are apparently not allowed in the pool as it’s reserved for the “white people” here.
The Oranje-Vrystraat we love ??
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— TWIN FL?ME (@Tumii_Frost) December 25, 2022
As reported by News24, Police spokesperson, Brigadier Motantsi Makhele said an initial case of assault was opened based on information supplied by one of the victim’s parents, who alleged that the teens had been “assaulted by a group of white males over the usage of a swimming pool.”
But after further investigation and additional facts, the docket was presented to the senior prosecutor who gave the instruction that the charge should be upgraded to a case of attempted murder.
Makhele said, “The docket was received back from the senior state prosecutor with clear directives. The investigator is now working on these directives and we anticipate that the perpetrator or perpetrators will within no time be brought before a court of law to account.”
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