Teenager stabbed in the east
A grade 9 pupil is still very traumatised after he was stabbed for his phone.
A learner of die Wilgers high school was stabbed three times on Monday, while walking home from school.
The grade 9 learner was walking in a field across from Presley’s night club around 15:30 when he was approached by a man who asked him what school he attended.
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“The stranger stabbed the boy in his right shoulder, right hand and right upper thigh before grabbing his phone and running away,” said a family member.
The boy was taken to Wilgers hospital and received 16 stitches.
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“He is in a lot of pain and very traumatised. He is still young.”
The family member said the victim worked hard and paid for his own cellphone, a Samsung S7 smartphone.
The victim received counselling at his school on Tuesday, but was still very traumatised.
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On Wednesday, the family member said a charge would be laid at the police station.
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