Rustenburg – A man accused of attempting to steal a car was burnt to death in Freedom Park near Rustenburg, North West police said on Monday.
Lieutenant Colonel Pelonomi Makau said a mob attacked two men on Sunday, after they were alleged to have tried to steal a car at Phase 1, Freedom Park.
The car owner and community members allegedly doused the pair with petrol and set them alight.
"The police were called to the scene and found that one of the men was dead while the other was taken to hospital for medical treatment," she said.
The car owner, aged 44 was arrested when he went to the police in Phokeng to open a malicious damage to property case later on Sunday.
He was expected to appear in the Bafokeng Magistrate's Court in Tlhabane on Tuesday, facing a charge of murder and attempted murder.