Reuters and Eurosport report that:Read more »Police are hunting two men whose threats on a television programme to kill and rob fans at June's World Cup have alarmed authorities worried South Africa's reputation for violence will deter foreign visitors.Meanwhile IOL report that:
The men, whose faces were concealed, said in a weekend programme that they would commit armed robberies and murder during the month-long soccer spectacular which is expected to attract 450,000 foreign fans. They said this was justified as revenge for colonial wrongs.Two e.News journalists have been served with subpoenas in terms of Section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act after a story which featured interviews with two self-confessed criminals.And allegedly -- according to IOL reporting on a Radio 702 News report -- the person who put ETV journalist Mpho Lakaje, into contact with the two 'World Cup Thugs', has been found murdered, after allegedly being forced to drink poision, and leaving what is alleged to be a fake suicide note:
One of the criminals stated in the story by Mpho Lakaje - which aired on Friday - that he would rob tourists during the World Cup.According to Nomsa Maseko's live report from Jabulani police station in Soweto, the family of the man do not believe he killed himself and suspect he was "forced to take the poison". Traces of rat poison were apparently found in his room.
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