The ANC said that acts of extremism should not find expression in South Africa.
The governing party was commenting on Saturday on this past week’s attack on a mosque in Verulam in Kwazulu Natal which left one person dead and two injured.
The Hawks have been brought in to investigate the vicious attack on three worshippers at the mosque by three balaclava-clad assailants, who slit the throat of one of the men.
ANC national spokesperson, Pule Mabe, said that “this unjustified ambush which led to one death and two serious injuries was intended to make this community to live in fear based on their religious beliefs.”
“Witness accounts clearly indicate that the savagery visited on the mosque was well orchestrated at a time when Muslims were in prayer,” he said.
Mabe said the ANC called on the Hawks to prioritise this brutal crime and act swiftly in bringing these heartless savages to justice.
“Such extremism must never find expression in this country,” he said.
