A man was injured when he was attacked in Thohoyandou near Musina on Thursday by a mob accusing him of attempted robbery, Limpopo police said.<\/p>\n
Police arrested the man after rescuing him from the mob, Major Mashudu Malelo said.<\/p>\n
He and another man were trying to rob a supermarket at gunpoint, but shoppers alerted other community members who pounced on the pair.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have arrested one suspect with an unlicensed firearm, he was already injured. The community members beat him viciously after he started firing at them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The second man managed to escape.<\/p>\n
Malelo said a man was shot in the leg when the two men fired randomly in a desperate attempt to get away from the mob.<\/p>\n
Police thanked the community for their help, but warned they should not take law into their own hands.<\/p>\n
The arrested man would appear in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court as soon as he was declared fit to stand trial by doctors, Malelo said. – Sapa<\/p>\n<\/p>\n