This is as the full names of the two Nigerians and their places of origin in Imo State emerged.
While the victim was identified as Ife Odenigbo, his attacker, has been named as Nwazugbo Nsofor.
Nsofor hails from Etiti village in Uburu community, while the deceased hailed from Amorie village in the same community in Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State.
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Reacting to the report of the attack in Kempton Park, South Africa on Monday night, the youths of Amorie set ablaze a house belonging to Nsofor.
The PUNCH reported that the youths, who were angered by the development, mobilised themselves and set the house of the suspect on fire.
Reacting to the development, the spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Orlando Ikeokwu, said that the police had begun a manhunt for those who set the house ablaze.