News24 reports that a 62-year-old security guard has been arrested following the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy and the injury of another pupil at the Matafeni Junior Secondary School in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.
Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said a group of about seven children allegedly entered the school premises on Thursday to access the school's wifi and were then confronted by the security guard on duty. "It is further alleged that when the learners saw the security guard, they started running. The guard fired at them, hitting two boys," Naidu said. One of the boys, aged 13, died at the scene, while his friend, also 13, sustained gunshot wounds and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. The security guard fled the scene immediately after the shooting, but was apprehended later that evening. He was charged with murder, attempted murder, possession of a prohibited firearm, and illegal possession of ammunition. He is expected to appear in the Lusikisiki Magistrate's Court on Monday. Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene commented: “This incident is a reminder of the critical importance of appropriate responses in security situations."
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at News24
- Lees ook, Veiligheidswag skiet op seuns op skoolterrein; een dood, by Maroela Media
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