The last time Ishmael saw his son alive was when he handed him over to a group of men in a kombi.

“But later, the cops came to see me. They said my son was dead,” Ishmael Buthelezi from Protea Glen in Soweto told Daily Sun.

His son Zakhele (19) had been beaten to death. His body was in the mortuary with a broken neck.

Ishmael said a group of men he didn’t know arrived at his house on Monday night while Zakhele was out.

“One of the men said said my son had stolen cellphones and a video game. I took his details and said Zakhele would contact him,” said Ishmael.

“They had my son’s friend in the boot of the car. He was badly beaten.”

He went to the police station on Tuesday but they said there was nothing they could do.

The next day, Zakhele came home and told his father he had not stolen anything.

However, Ishmael told his son to go with the men when they arrived later that day in a kombi full of people to show them where the stolen items were.

“The man said he would return my son safely but I later found out he had been beaten to death,” said Ishmael.

Zakhele’s friend told Ishmael they were locked in a shack and beaten with planks with nails in them.

Soweto police spokesman Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela confirmed that eight suspects were arrested after a 19-year-old boy died and were facing charges of murder.

The suspects appeared in the Protea Magistrates Court yesterday and will appear again next week.

http://dailysun.mobi/news/read/8878/i-had-to-hand-my-son-over

Wonderlands:
careless father, how could you hand your son over to group of people you don't know saying that he stole somethings, you couldn't involve the police

U know, some fathers hates anything "stealling" . but not to that extent.