A 17-year-old boy was shot in cold blood on Thursday morning during a house robbery on a smallholding outside Welbekend, east of Pretoria.
Police spokesperson Captain Marissa van der Merwe said this happened in the early hours of Thursday.
“The boy had just returned home when five armed men accosted him. They went inside with him and gathered his mother and 12-year-old sister,” she said.
“The five men then looted the house while holding the boy, his mother and sister hostage. Before leaving, they shot the boy in the stomach.”
They fled in a Mahindra SUV. The vehicle was found abandoned in Mamelodi.
“Unfortunately the boy succumbed to his injuries at the scene,” said Van der Merwe.
She urged anyone with information on the matter to call the Welbekend police station on 011-964-2050.
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