Wednesday 3 July 2013

Man Beaten & Burnt Alive For Stealing A Gold Necklace. (Graphic Images: Viewers discretion advised)

Man Beaten & Burnt Alive For Stealing A Gold Necklace. (Graphic Images: Viewers discretion advised)

I thought these act of jungle justice only happen in Nigeria but i was wrong. Are Africans humans or just sheeps in wolves clothing? 

The commission of the 8th district of Douala in Cameroon, confirmed this incident. The victim goes by the name Solo and he happened to be a popular guy in the neighborhood with an history of assault and robbery. 

On Friday 21st June, there was a vigil in the neighborhood, during that vigil, Solo allegedly stole a gold chain and a phone and flew away. The angered residents present at the vigil swore to skin him alive the next day and unfortunately for him, he was found and dealt with on Saturday June 22nd.

According to eye witness, Solo was wearing the gold chain on his neck and had the sim card from the phone he had stolen the previous night when the person he had stolen from found him and collected his belongings. He was asked to go away after the stolen items were collected from him but the residents refused him to leave, saying it wasn't the first time he had stolen things from them, that they would have arrested him but they don't trust the police nor the court, so they preferred to take laws into their hands and burn him to death.
More gist and pix after the cut
The people took him to Brazzaville neighborhood where he had stole the items and began beating him with clubs and sticks, then they pour gasoline on him, out him in the middle of tires and set him ablaze. After burning him, they continued torturing him before the police arrived at the scene.

From the horrific video which i can't post here, he seemed alive but convulsing when the police arrived and the crowd started shouting "how come he is still breathing? He must die!"

Even while the police were there, they couldn't calm the crowd as the people continued throwing stones at Solo and even ran over him with a motorcycle without the police doing nothing. His body was finally dragged on the ground to a car which wasn't a police van and he was taken away.

Just like in Nigeria, these acts of jungle justice are very common in Douala because people feel that these armed robbers are not been punished enough and they never make their full prison sentence.

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