A COUPLE had no idea their night of cuddling would end in death.
This as an angry group came looking for Nqobile Centane (21) on Sunday night, 21 January.
His worried sister tried to seek answers but someone from the group just klapped her and pushed her aside.
They went straight to Nqobile's room and grabbed him away from his girlfriend's arms. The couple from Kanana near Phomolong in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni was asleep at about 9pm when the group pounced on them.
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Both his sister and girlfriend watched in horror as the group allegedly dragged him, telling them they'd never see him alive again. Nqobile was allegedly taken to the other side of Kanana squatter camp.
Together with five other victims, they were beaten to a pulp, leaving them all dead at the scene.
The sister said the group was also looking for Nqobile's friend but luckily for him, he was at his girlfriend's place.
"My brother was attacked for nothing. We're told that victims were robbed in their houses at around 9pm. At that time Nqobile was asleep with his girlfriend. He wasn't there when those victims were robbed," she said.
The sister said at the time Nqobile was grabbed, the group demanded he produce a gun, but he didn't have one.
"He was begging for his life. He tried to explain that he didn't have a gun, but the mob refused to budge," she said.
Gauteng police spokeswoman Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi confirmed that the cops attended to a complaint of murder at Kanana extension 4 in Rabie Ridge, Tembisa.
"Five men were found dead. The suspicion is that they were stoned to death by community members. No one has been arrested," she said.
A case of five counts of murder has been opened for further investigations.
"The public is urged not to take the law into their own hands as this also constitutes to a crime. Rather, work together with the police by reporting any criminal activities on the CrimeStop Line at 08600 10111 or anonymously give tip-offs on MySapsApp which can be downloaded on any smartphone," said Nevhuhulwi.
