Police investigating assault of NW champ
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Police have confirmed that they’re investigating a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after two groups of students allegedly engaged in a fight on the Bult, near the Potchefstroom campus of the North West University (NWU).
The Potch Herald reports 5000 m South African athletics champion, 22-year-old Thabang Mosiako, who’s set to compete in Algeria next month, was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Mosiako, a Boston College student and a Nedbank runner was beaten unconscious.
His friend, Rantso Mokopane, who was also involved in the incident, says Mosiako was kicked and head-bashed on the ground by about ten students, allegedly from the North West University. He also took to Facebook to lament what he called a racist attack.
Police spokesperson Adel Myburgh confirmed there was a violent incident after RAG celebrations at about 03:00 and that the student sustained head injuries.
According to NWU’s Louis Jacobs, it has not been confirmed that the students were from Pukke, but the university condemns any attack on human rights. Jacobs stressed that the incident took place off campus. -Nomaqhawe Mtebele /OFM News
The Potch Herald reports 5000 m South African athletics champion, 22-year-old Thabang Mosiako, who’s set to compete in Algeria next month, was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Mosiako, a Boston College student and a Nedbank runner was beaten unconscious.
His friend, Rantso Mokopane, who was also involved in the incident, says Mosiako was kicked and head-bashed on the ground by about ten students, allegedly from the North West University. He also took to Facebook to lament what he called a racist attack.
Police spokesperson Adel Myburgh confirmed there was a violent incident after RAG celebrations at about 03:00 and that the student sustained head injuries.
According to NWU’s Louis Jacobs, it has not been confirmed that the students were from Pukke, but the university condemns any attack on human rights. Jacobs stressed that the incident took place off campus. -Nomaqhawe Mtebele /OFM News
