The civil rights organisation AfriForum has called on the public to stay calm and refrain from spreading their own assumptions about the murder suspects in the Piet Retief area, and wait for a thorough investigation to be done. This follows after four suspects were arrested in the Dirkieskop region on Friday for amongst others the murder on two men.
Ernst Roets, Head of Policy and Action at AfriForum, says there are several versions of what happened during the incident. “Emotions are running high without any certainty on what really went down. The fact that two people were killed and one hospitalised is regrettable. There is however too little verified information available to make conclusions about what really took place. The different versions also vary to such an extent that it would be irresponsible to simply come to conclusions and publish it as the truth without having all of the facts.”