Monday, February 5, 2024 – Police at Vila Nora, in the Waterberg District, have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the stabbing and killing of a 17-year-old boy.
Limpopo
police spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said the murder happened at
Phahladira village, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
“According
to information, the police were summoned to the scene, and on arrival at the
said tavern, the victim was already transported to the local clinic by the
tavern owner,” Ledwaba said.
“They
proceeded to the clinic and, upon arrival, the medical examiner, certified the
victim dead.”
Preliminary
investigations have revealed that the 17-year-old victim was stabbed with a
sharp object in his upper body, he said.
Police
opened a case of murder and traced the teenage suspect, who was arrested on the
same day.
“The motive for this horrific incident is unknown and the
investigation is still continuing,” said Ledwaba.
Meanwhile,
acting provincial commissioner of police in Limpopo, Major General Jan
Scheepers has condemned the brutal murder.
Police said
the arrested teenager is expected to appear before the Phalala Magistrate’s
Court soon.
Last year,
IOL reported that a 20-year-old Grade 10 learner was stabbed to death,
allegedly by a 17-year-old boy at Boschfontein
in Mpumalanga.
At the time,
police said the alleged killer was also attending Mbambiso High School in
Boschfontein, before he was apparently expelled in 2022, when he was in Grade
9.
“Immediately
after school hours, the victim (the 20-year-old learner) was attacked just a
stone’s throw away from his school,” Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Brigadier
Selvy Mohlala said at the time.
“When police
attended the scene, the deceased was found in the pool of blood with a stab
wound on his chest. The knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was also found
next to the lifeless body of the victim.”
The
20-year-old learner was certified dead on the scene by paramedics.
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