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South African Pastor’s church burned down after storming school with machete

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The church of a controversial South African preacher, Pastor Mboro, was set ablaze after he allegedly wielded machetes at a primary school and forcibly removed his grandchildren.

According to local reports, the Incredible Happenings Church was burned down by angry schoolchildren on Tuesday.

This incident followed a widely circulated video showing Pastor Mboro, whose real name is Paseka Motsoeneng, waving blades during a tense confrontation with teachers in Katlehong, a township near Johannesburg.

He was accompanied by a man carrying what police later identified as a replica firearm.

Provincial authorities stated that the two young children seen in the video being removed are involved in a custody battle following their mother’s death.

Police reported that five people were arrested following the school incident, citing “acts of intimidation and violence” and harassment of “learners and teachers.”

Separate footage captured the church, which was housed in a marquee tent, engulfed in flames with thick, black smoke billowing from it.

News 24 reported that pupils in school uniforms were seen fleeing the scene, and the church was also looted.

Authorities in Ekurhuleni, where the church is located, posted on social media platform X that “anger erupted after Mboro wasn’t arrested following yesterday’s incident, leading to the tent burning.”

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The post mentioned that Pastor Mboro was arrested on Tuesday morning, though police have not confirmed if he was among the five detained.

Pastor Mboro is a self-proclaimed prophet with thousands of followers in South Africa, known for claiming to perform miracles, such as healing people during sermons and delivering a fish from a pregnant woman’s womb.

South African education minister Siviwe Gwarube expressed outrage over the school incident, stating on X: “I am absolutely incensed by this attack on our schools, staff, and learners.

No one – absolutely no one – should break into schools with weapons interrupting teaching and learning time and terrorizing children.”

Police stated that those arrested face charges including assault, intimidation, and malicious damage to property.

Source-BBC

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