Ex-Proteas rugby star murders three with an axe in act of revenge
March 31st, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANIDurban, Mar.31 (ANI): A former South African rugby player has been arrested for axing three people to death in revenge for them gang raping his daughter and infecting her with HIV.
The Afrikaans daily Beeld reported that the 34-year-old unnamed former South African rugby star allegedly stalked his victims around Durban for days before hacking them to death with an axe
It is believed the man’s head was found at least a mile away from his body in a separate suburb of the Indian Ocean city.
Police spokesman Vincent Mdunge told South Africa’s Sowetan newspaper the sportsman was being held in custody after being arrested yesterday.
The star is due to appear in court tomorrow to face three charges of murder and one of attempted murder. (ANI)
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