Three white men face charges after allegedly assaulting two Black boys swimming at a South African resort on Christmas Day. A viral video of the incident begins with one of the men yelling at a swimming teen, seemingly telling him to get out. In the video, the man pushed the boy back in as he tried climbing out of the pool.

Another white man got into a confrontation with another of the boys, grabbing him by the neck as the teen tried to fight back.

That man soon grabbed one of the boys, jumped into the pool with him and continued wrestling in the water.

Two of the men are Johan Nel, 33, and Jan Stephanus van der Westhuizen, 47, News 24 reports. They both face assault charges. The third man is a 48-year-old resident of Bloemfontein in the Free State province who faces an attempted murder charge.

Speaking to SABC News, the boys’ father said the teens told him a group of white men was attempting to prevent them from using the pool.

The boys said the men declared the pool reserved for people booked at the resort.

After he went to the pool to tell the white men the teens were also staying there, the father said the white men called the situation a miscommunication. Still, the confrontation broke out shortly after the discussion.

“One old guy tried to drown one of the boys,” the father said. “The other one was assaulted by one other old man. It’s very disappointing. And the management came and intervened, called the police. The police came and opened up a criminal case against the three of them.”

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