Authorities in South Africa are investigating a white man's Facebook profile picture with a hunting rifle and a big grin kneeling in a classic hunter's pose over what appears to be the lifeless body of a black boy - as if he is his "prey".
The minister of Police Affairs, Nathi Mthethwa, has ordered a thorough investigation into the matter and ordered the man in the facebook photo to come forward and declare whether the picture is a fake or has been doctored.
A South African-based child rights organisation, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, described the picture as "sickening and disgusting". Director of the organisation, Miranda Jordan, reacted to the issue thus: "This hate image incites racism that almost all South Africans have fought so hard to eradicate."
The profile name on the facebook account is "Eugene Terrorblanche", he has about 570 friends as at the time of publishing... The authorities have even threatened to sue his facebook friends, if the photograph is found to be real, for failure to speak up against it.
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