Pictures: Phoenix 13-year-old shot and left for dead after robbery
In a disturbing incident, a 13-year-old Phoenix student was shot and left for dead after he robbed one of the local girls of her cellphone.
However, it has been established that he was shot by a motorist who came to the victim’s aid. The motorist happens to be VW Polo. The incident occurred in Phoenix on Thursday morning.
Paramedics from Reaction Unit SA (Rusa) responded to calls of a shooting incident in Fernham Drive in Phoenix where they found the teen in a critical condition. He had been shot in the thigh and was bleeding excessively.
Prem Balram, the director of Rusa said a 12-year-old-boy who was assisting the injured teen told his officers that they were both grade 10 pupils at a school in Ntuzuma.
“He went on to explain that his friend had robbed a scholar of her cellphone on Ferham Drive and was fleeing the scene when four men in a white VW Polo fired multiple shots at him.
One bullet penetrated his thigh, causing him to collapse. The occupants of the VW Polo retrieved the cellphone from him and left him for dead on the pavement,” he said.
Balram said the boy was stabilised at the scene by medics before being transported to the hospital in critical condition.
His officers conducted an extensive search for the white VW Polo, however, no arrests were made, Balram added.
Pictures: Phoenix 13-year-old shot and left for dead after robbery
In other news, it was reported that Video: Strict 53-year-old Heinz Park Primary teacher shot dead. In a daring incident, a strict 53-year-old teacher was hot at close ranger at Heinz Park Primary school in Cape Town. According to reports one of the school staff has it that she saw two gunmen’s fleeing the scene after firing shots at the teacher.
The teacher, 53, has been identified as a Mr Thulani Manqoyi. However, Manqoyi was a grade six mathematics teacher who had been at the school since 2008.
No one has been arrested and the motive for the killing is still unknown but the community leaders are baying for blood, calling for the death penalty and a swift arrest. In the mix of things, rumour has it that he was shot dead by one of his students who happens to be a 14-year-old student.
However, devastated parents, colleagues and Walking Bus members gathered in and outside the school grounds while police combed the crime scene for clues. A shocked security guard rushed to the vehicle in tears and collapsed on the ground.