DAILY MAIL – The bogus sign language interpreter at the Nelson Mandela memorial service was among a group of people who burned two men to death for stealing a television in 2003, say a cousin and three friends.
Millions around the world watched Thamsanqa Jantjie, 34, ‘waving his hands aimlessly’ next to Barack Obama at Tuesday’s ceremony as he pretended to interpret the U.S. president’s tribute to Mandela for deaf viewers.
Now, days after it was claimed he has faced charges for murder, rape and kidnapping, the four sources said he was part of a vigilante execution squad who placed tyres around their victims’ necks and set them ablaze – a horrific practice known as ‘necklacing’.
Unlike two other suspects who went to trial in 2006 for the killings, the four said on Monday that Jantjie never did because authorities determined he was mentally unfit.
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