Cape Town, Europe Brief News – A racist attack on two Black teenagers by a group of white men at a pool reportedly for “white people only” has sparked outrage in South Africa.
Three white men in South Africa have been charged with crimes including attempted murder over the racist attack.
The men were caught on video assaulting the Black teenagers who were using a swimming pool at the Maselspoort resort in the Free State province.
The men were trying to prevent the teenagers from swimming, claiming that the pool was reserved for white people.
In the video, widely viewed on social media in South Africa, the men shouted at the boys and hit them. One of the men pushed one of the boys underwater.
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Further security video footage shows the men attempting to prevent the teenagers from entering the pool and the group of white people that were swimming at the time exiting the pool as soon as the Black teenagers entered it.
According to police, Johan Nel, 33, and Jan Stephanus van der Westhuizen, 47, were released on a warning and are expected to appear again in court next year.
