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East Rand police have arrested a Grade 11 pupil accused of fatally shooting a classmate.
Johannesburg - An East Rand Grade 11 pupil was arrested on Tuesday in
connection with the fatal shooting of a fellow pupil he accused of bullying
him, police said. The 18-year-old pupil would soon appear in the Vosloorus
Magistrate's Court on charges of murder and possession of unlicensed firearm,
said Captain Pinky Tsinyane.
Gauteng education spokesperson Charles Phahlane said the Grade 11 pupil
at Phineas Xulu Secondary School, in Vosloorus, Boksburg, allegedly took his
mother's firearm to school and shot the other pupil. He said the youth's mother was a metro police officer. The woman’s
official firearm was used in the shooting. “The Grade 11 learner is alleged to
have been bullied repeatedly by a Grade 10 learner and two other boys, who
yesterday afternoon (Monday) allegedly took his cap and cellphone,” said
Phahlane.
The youth allegedly shot the Grade 10 pupil when he and his friends
confronted him in class on Tuesday. The department had arranged for
psycho-social counsellors and representatives of faith-based groups to go to
the school. Education MEC Barbara Creecy and safety MEC Faith Mazibuko would
meet to discuss ways of curbing schoolchildren's access to firearms, Phahlane
said.
Source: iol South Africa
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