Johannesburg — Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.
David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.
“He said, ‘No, I want to watch soccer,”’ police spokesman Mothemane Malefo said Thursday. “That is when the argument came about.
“In that argument, they started assaulting him.”
Malefo said Makoeya got up to change the channel by hand after being refused the remote control and was attacked by his 68-year-old wife Francina and two children, 36-year-old son Collin and 23-year-old daughter Lebogang.
Malefo said he was not sure what the family used to kill Makoeya.
“It appears they banged his head against the wall,” Malefo said. “They phoned the police only after he was badly injured, but by the time the police arrived the man was already dead.”
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kusp8 2 years, 11 months ago
Ridiculous
denak 2 years, 11 months ago
In related news, extremist in Somalia killed two people and injured 35 other people who were watching the World Cup.
ljreader 2 years, 11 months ago
A clear case of justifiable homicide. A murder/ suicide would have been more appropriate. Gospel show. I mean, c'mon. In fact, if they were able to watch both on the same day, they all would've opened a vein, anyway.
jaywalker 2 years, 11 months ago
Lovely. So much for Father's Day.
think_about_it 2 years, 11 months ago
As if actually watching it wasn't punishment enough.
jaywalker 2 years, 11 months ago
Touche'!
MacHeath 2 years, 11 months ago
Great googlely-moogely! I am wondering how many times that could have happened in this country over Football!
grammaddy 2 years, 11 months ago
It nearly happened between the kids in my living room watching Game 7 of the NBA finals last night. lol
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