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Police have confirmed that they are probing an alleged case of attempted murder at the Savoye Restaurant at Vrede en Lust in Franschhoek after a brawl erupted there on April 16.

According to information released, the brawl broke out after a Phillipi mother allegedly saw a cell phone on the ground near a table of ‘praying diners’.

The lady claimed that she went to pick it up in order to ask the people at the table if it was theirs, but before she could utter a word, she was ‘knocked on the head’ and ended up falling into the swimming pool.

According to Ntombizodwa Sephoko, she wasn’t given a chance to explain her actions as she was beaten and nearly drowned as all hell broke loose. It’s also alleged that the water-fight turned into a racist incident as the white guy handing out the beating was quoted as saying ‘He doesn’t like K*****s’ because they steal.”

“He was swearing at me and called me the K-word and said that he ‘doesn’t like K*****s’ because they steal.”

The incident left the woman with a split lip and an injured knee. “I’m now unable to work because I can’t stand for long. I get flashbacks. He was being racist and I was only trying to give back a cell phone I had picked up,” she said.

Restaurant owner Etienne Buys said he was aware of the incident but was told someone tried to steal a cell phone and was tackled into the pool, where a scuffle broke out.

“There was obviously an incident in the pool which I didn’t witness, so we called the police. The one party agreed she tried to steal a cell phone and the other party then tackled her and she got injured.”

Unfortunately due to a dodgy CCTV recording system, the recording of the incident was deleted, so police were unable to view it entirely.

Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk said a case of attempted murder was registered at Groot Drakenstein SAPS. According to the cops, the incident went like this: