Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News, 2014-05-13

Police are investigating and appealing for information about a mystery video of a woman being attacked by a large mob attired in ANC t-shirts, which has gone viral in South Africa.

The unknown woman, a victim of a savage mob leaves her severely wounded, if not dead.

The two-minute clip reveals little about the location of the alleged incident or when it was taken, but the gruesome images depict a woman lying on the ground, being kicked and hacked with an axe.

At one point the woman lifts her hand as if to ask for help, before being kicked again. A girl wearing a school uniform kicks the victim in the neck and stomps on her before returning to the crowd.

As she lies unmoving, a man starts hacking at her with an axe.

Police spokesman Solomon Makgale said he doubted the incident happened recently, but said police needed to authenticate the film.

We are looking into the matter, but don’t believe this took place in the last couple of weeks with the massive deployment in the build up to elections,” said Makgale.

He added that generally people reported incidents of this nature, and that no one reported this specific incident.

The video was posted by Adriana Stuijt, a journalist who lives in the Netherlands.

Speaking to The Star on Monday morning, Stuijt claimed the attack happened on election day. She said ANC members attacked the woman because she was a Cope member.

But the party Johan Abrie says they aren’t aware of any recent attack on any of its members.

Stuijt refused to say where the incident took place, saying that doing so would compromise her friend, who filmed it.

Police are appealing to anyone with information regarding the video footage to come forward and contact the relevant authorities.- Agencies

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