A video out of South Africa has shown a man accused of stealing being forced to dig his own grave, and buried up to his chest.
The mob are seen in the video beating their victim with some hitting him on the head with the back of a shovel.
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Reports said the chilling scene played out on Monday in Dwarsloop village in eastern part of South Africa, and according to one Tumelo Dibakwane‚ who captured the moment with his mobile phone camera the police saved the man from being burnt as they arrived the scene when the mob prepared to douse him with petrol and set fire to him.
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