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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The community of Kestell in the Free State has been left angered by the murders of seven people on a local farm, even calling for the two accused to be handed over so that they can “deal with them”.<\/p>\n

A large group of disgruntled residents gathered outside the town\u2019s court where the two accused are due to appear on Monday.<\/p>\n

The group sang songs and held placards which read “Hang them” and “Kill them”.<\/p>\n

“What happened is very cruel and we feel that they should hand [the accused] over to the community, and the community will deal with them.<\/p>\n

“They don\u2019t even have to lock them up. I have no sympathy. They must give them to us, they must feel what those [victims] felt,” resident Magda Snyman said.<\/p>\n

The two men were arrested shortly after Sesi Smit, her teenage son Rudy Binda, and five of her employees were killed at Smit’s Lismore farm in Kestell on Friday.<\/p>\n

“We are very angry about what happened here. We are [a] very small community and we all knew Sesi very well. She was one of the most loving people and her child was [at] school with ours,” Snyman said.<\/p>\n

The victims were aged between 17 and 53.<\/p>\n

Police spokesperson, Brigadier Motantsi Makhele, previously described the scene as “bloody”, adding that three bodies had been found in one room.<\/p>\n

Makhele said some bodies had visible gunshot wounds, while others had stab wounds.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

The two suspects, aged 22 and 32, were arrested in Bohlokong. They were found in possession of a shotgun and pellet gun.<\/p>\n

“I feel very bad about what happened here. I even wish to kill those people who did this, because they did they a very terrible thing,” resident Patrick Radebe said.<\/p>\n

“They didn\u2019t look for money, they were looking for lives. The police should hand them over to us, so that we [can] deal with them. They must rot in jail and throw away the keys,” he said.<\/p>\n

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