Coligny: ID of teen's body to be completed today
The identification of a boy, whose death is believed to have sparked days of violent protest in the North West town of Coligny, will be completed today.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone, a family member viewed the body yesterday.
"Through the assistance of community members, we managed to track a family member, who positively identified the boy yesterday."
The boy was identified as Faki Mosweu.
Mokgwabone says the family will return to the police station today, with documentation in order for police to issue a death certificate.
"As soon as this process and the post-mortem are completed, the body will be released to the family for burial".
Some resident claim the boy was accosted by two men after he was found stealing sun flowers on a farm.
The boy was allegedly put on the back of a bakkie and it's claimed that he died after jumping off the moving vehicle.
Two men, aged between 27 and 34, appeared on a charge of murder in the Coligny Magistrate's Court last Friday.
The case was postponed until 9 May 2017.
The court ordered that the media should not take pictures pending an identity parade.