A man has met a really tragic end after he was gunned down by police in a hideous shootout days after predicting the incident.
Mita Motau
Themba Sibanyoni, a 30-year-old man has been killed.
The young South African man was killed days after predicting his own death.
According to Daily Sun SA, a week ago, Themba Sibanyoni told his mother that he was going to die, and that it would be a policeman who would take his life.
And then, just like he said, on Sunday evening, Themba was shot five times in a tavern.
Themba's mother, Mita Motau, a 50-year-old, from Machiding near Siyabuswa in Mpumalanga, South Africa, believes her son foresaw his death.
“He told me his friend wanted to make him do things he did not want to do and he believed he would eventually kill him,” she said.
“On Sunday I received a call to say my son was dead. He had been shot five times. We rushed there and found him lying in the pool of his own blood.”
Mita said cops who later arrived at the scene claimed Themba was the first to open fire on the cop and he retaliated.
However, Themba’s cousin, who cannot be named because he witnessed the shooting, said Themba was just standing in the tavern when a woman walked up to him and shot him in the arm.
“He fell down and immediately his cop friend entered and shot him five times as he lay bleeding on the ground. He then ordered everyone to leave the tavern.”
The cousin claimed when she looked through the tavern window, she saw that a gun had now been placed in her cousin’s lifeless hand.
“I was surprised at where the gun came from because he did not have a gun.”
Speaking about the incidence, Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said the dead man was on their list of most wanted suspects.
He said the man drew a gun on the police, and they opened fire to protect themselves. He said an unlicensed gun was found in the man’s possession.