After appearing in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Thursday, a third suspect in the Maselspoort Resort pool attack was released on R20 000 bail.
48-year-old Kobus Klaasen is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly grabbing a 13-year-old boy by the neck to choke him and holding an 18-year-old boy underwater on Christmas Day.
The alleged racist attack came after the teens tried to swim in the resort's swimming pool, which was allegedly reserved for "white people".
You must be SIGNED IN to read comments
Two other men, Johan Nel (33) and Jan Stephanus van der Westhuizen (47) were charged with common assault and crimen injuria on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, members of the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) were seen defacing a panel-beating workshop which belongs to one of the suspects in the Maselspoort incident, in Bloemfontein, Free State, on Wednesday, 28 December.
They used black and yellow paint to write: “Racism has no place in Azania.”
This after two of the three accused were released on warning by the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court.
Azapo deputy president Kekeletso Khena said painting the panel-beating workshop of the suspect is a clear message to all racists in South Africa.
