UJ grieves 18-year-old student’s death in Braamfontein shooting
UJ is offering counselling to students who were on the bus at the time of the shooting.
A shooting in Braamfontein has sparked outrage on social media after a university student and two other people were killed.
Update, March 1: The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is saddened by the death of its student who died in the shooting. “The deceased, an 18-year-old male, was a second-year student. Our thoughts are with the families of the affected students,” said UJ’s media relations, Herman Esterhuizen.
Unknown suspects on February 29, shot two men who were inside a parked vehicle and during the shooting a university bus was also caught in the crossfire leading to two students being shot.
“Both the men in the vehicle and one student were declared dead while the other student was taken to the nearest hospital for medical treatment,” said provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi.
“The motive of the shooting is subject to police investigation and a case of murder and attempted murder is opened. No one has been arrested,” she said.
Many took to X to react to this gruesome shooting:
Imagine being shot on your way to Wits in Braam. I swear living in SA is an extreme sport. pic.twitter.com/gz6OgXQWnA
— Inenekazi 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽🇿🇦🇿🇦🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@Inenekazi1) February 29, 2024
Wits being situated in braamfontein is so weird
Braam is so dangerous— Keitumetse Mokotjo (@keitu36) February 29, 2024
What happened in Braam is quite scary, imagine, a passerby student got killed by stray bullets on a random Thursday afternoon? That’s wild! SA is such a crazy place to live in.
— uLelo🧚🏽♀️ (@lelo_mjikeliso) February 29, 2024
knowing that the parents of the students were killed in the braam shooting have to bear such tragic news is giving me chills down my spine yoh 💔💔
— Dreams Drenched in Gold. 🦅 (@ThulitotheTop) February 29, 2024
Imagine sending your kid to school and you recieve a body bag in return! Yohh!!! I cannot begin to imagine the pain the victims families are in
— Delight Mkhabela (@agent_deee_) February 29, 2024
Anyone who may have information that can assist with the investigation or tracing of the suspects is requested to contact the Crime Stop Line at 08600 10111 or report anonymous tip-offs on MySapsApp.
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