Shock after robbers try to saw off SA athlete’s legs
Triathlete Mhlengi Gwala was brutally attacked in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Photo: Facebook: Mhlengi Mhle Gwala DURBAN – A South African athlete nearly had his legs sawn off when he was attacked by a group of men while training in the early hours of Tuesday morning, media reports said. Triathlete Mhlengi Gwala (26) […]
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Triathlete Mhlengi Gwala was brutally attacked in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Photo: Facebook: Mhlengi Mhle Gwala DURBAN – A South African athlete nearly had his legs sawn off when he was attacked by a group of men while training in the early hours of Tuesday morning, media reports said. Triathlete Mhlengi Gwala (26) […]
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Sport
Published
7 March 2018
Source
News on Africa
Triathlete Mhlengi Gwala (26) reportedly offered his attackers his cellphone and money, but they pushed him down and tried to hack off his legs with a blunt chainsaw.
The incident was confirmed on Twitter by Gwala’s fellow athlete, Henri Schoeman
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