Mob justice cases rise worry police

Bagali said Batswana are entitled to citizen arrest PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Bagali said Batswana are entitled to citizen arrest PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Members of the public have been having mixed feelings about the rise in criminal activities to the extent of threatening to take the law into their own hands as they say they have been living in constant fear of criminals. At the same time, the police are alarmed by the rising cases of mob attacks that have left people dead in some instances and others with serious injuries. Mmegi Staffer, PINI BOTHOKO reports

People continue to live in constant fear of criminals even in the comfort of their homes and cars especially in the Greater Gaborone. On a daily basis, criminals raid people by their gates, break into dwellings at night, attack the owners in their sleep and then take their valuables using force.

Usually, in these instances victims are left badly injured, some criminals even go to the extent of raping women, torturing the victims among others thing they inflict on victims. However, it looks like members of the public feel more endangered as crime levels rise exacerbated by the growing assumptions that the police and other institutions are not doing enough to curb crime. Justice has become a more personal battle for Batswana who appear to be fed up with the rise in criminal activities and would do anything to protect themselves against criminals.

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