Dozens of Pakistanis protested against the release on bail of the two men arrested for the killing of four Pakistani businessmen.
|||Cape Town - Dozens of Pakistanis protested outside Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court this morning against the release on bail of the two men arrested at the weekend for the killing of four Pakistani businessmen.
The group brandished posters that read “No bail stay in jail” and “We want justice”.
Rana Ehmad, a Pakistani who has lived in Mitchells Plain for 16 years, said they feared for their lives.
“We are still scared, it’s not easy to move on. We fear for our lives and businesses in future attacks,” Ehmad said. He said they had come out to say they did not want the suspects to get bail.
At the weekend police arrested two more men, aged 34 and 41, on charges of murder, attempted murder, house-breaking and hijacking. This came after the first suspect, Lehano Jansen, 28, from Lentegeur, appeared in court on Friday.
The men are alleged to have killed the Pakistanis after a dispute about a lucrative bread deal.
“The investigation is at a very sensitive stage at the moment, we therefore cannot release any further details on the case,” police communication officer Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana said last night.
Twelve police officers were on duty in court four this morning to maintain order.
The suspects had not yet appeared at the time of publication.
The crowd was set to march to Parliament to hand over a memorandum later today.
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Cape Argus