Free State police have located the elderly woman who was captured on video seemingly being racially abused and assaulted.
The video surfaced on social media this week after being shared by EFF leader Julius Malema and civil rights group Action Society's Ian Cameron. In it, a seemingly helpless elderly woman can be seen crying while being racially abused.
At one point, she is seen being covered with what appears to be a jersey by her attacker as she shrieks in fear. Earl said: “They are now busy with consultation with her and her family to see if she wants to open a case, otherwise we will take direction from the director of public prosecutions if she doesn’t want to open the case.”
Provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Baile Motswenyane had instructed the detectives to trace the victim and investigate the matter further after they saw the clip online. “We don’t have a case reported by the victim with regard to this video, but abuse and torture of women in this manner is deemed as very serious and can’t be left unattended,” said Motswenyane.
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