Ethic speak out on viral video branding Swat a 'thief' (video)
Late last night, Swat who is a member of the rap clique, Ethic was almost lynched and set on fire when residents of Umoja mistook him for a thief.
Luckily he was rescued by police officers.
If you missed the video check it out below.
Now, the popular rap group, Ethic, has released an official statement outlining what really happened.
"Following the video doing rounds on social media. We want people/ our fans to know what happened. Yesterday at around 11pm Swat was hanging out outside their apartment. At the same time police officers were doing rounds handcuffing any young man they found outside."
Adding, "Swat and one of his friends saw this and sought to run away so as not to get arrested. They ended up entering a random apartment and hide there (so as not to get arrested) but people who lived in that plot/ apartment, thought they were thieves since they’d never seen them at the apartment."
The statement continued, "They started flogging them and beating them up, at one point they nearly burnt them. Luckily the same police officers who saw Swat and his friend run away as they were getting away from them came to their rescue and released Swat and the friend since they were obviously innocent.
Swat sustained a couple of injuries and is currently recuperating at home. For those of you spreading videos around claiming that Swat is a thief, now ask yourself- who would be stupid enough to steal with a T-shirt that has their name written on it and wearing crocs while at it ??"
The statement concluded, "Anyway to our loyal fans. We’ll BOUNCE BACK!"