Johannesburg – A Germiston man is facing an attempted-murder charge after he allegedly tried to hang a 10-year-old boy who was caught throwing stones at birds.

Police said the 48-year-old man was arrested in Rondebult, Germiston, on Monday afternoon.

He is expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

“The children… were playing and they were throwing stones to hit birds,” Captain Tsekiso Mofokeng said.

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