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\n<\/span><\/p>\nFormer South African rugby star Joseph Ntshongwana has appeared in court for allegedly hacking three men to death with an axe.<\/p>\n
The killings are said to have been to avenge the gang-rape and HIV-infection of his daughter, local reports say. <\/p>\n
Mr Ntshongwana, who appeared in a packed Durban court, was not asked to plead to three charges of murder, one of attempted murder and one of assault. <\/p>\n
He is a former flanker for 2010 national champions Blue Bulls. <\/p>\n
At least one of the bodies was decapitated and the head found in a dustbin almost 2km (1 mile) away.<\/p>\n
Another victim’s head was left hanging “by a nerve”, police said. <\/p>\n
Details of the third man killed have not been released. <\/p>\n
“As the axe came down towards my head, I ducked and it scratched my stomach,” said survivor, Khangelani Mdluli, 27, reports Cape Argus newspaper. <\/p>\n
Police have alleged that Mr Ntshongwana stalked his victims over several days in and around townships near Durban before killing them.<\/p>\n
The police cannot confirm that his daughter was raped, saying that may be investigated later on.<\/p>\n
Mr Ntshongwana has been remanded in police custody and is due back in court on 7 April for a bail hearing. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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