Samora Machel police are investigating a murder case following the shooting incident of a 15-year-old learner yesterday (11 June) at around 08:20.
The Zisukhanyo learner was ambushed on her way to school in Ashley Kriel Street. She is the second learner in over two weeks to be killed in this fashion (“High school girl shot and killed,” City Vision, 29 May).
“According to reports, police members responded to a complaint of a shooting incident at the mentioned address and on arrival they found a female victim lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to her body,” confirmed provincial police spokesperson Anelisiwe Manyana. “The 15-year-old victim was declared dead at the scene by the medical personnel.”
Xolani Joja, spokesperson for the Samora Machel Community Policing Forum (CPF), condemned the incident and described it as shocking. He urged the community to unite against crime. “It is terrifying and our children are not safe.”
