TSWELELANG - A Gatelapele Secondary School learner who was shot to death allegedly by foreign nationals who mistakened him for a robber will be laid to rest in Tswelelang
The school he had been attending has offered support to his family through contributions & condolences throughout the week
The learner who was reportedly ambushed by foreign shop owners in Thambo 1 was assaulted & shot dead afterwards. He was accused of being one of the robbers who shoplifted one of their spaza shop in the Ext 13. The learner had just came from his routine hunting carrying a meat package when an incident occured
It was reported that a learner had just arrived in the Thambo 1 area after a night-time hunting, he arrived early in the morning. Foreign nationals who had seen him passing by, saw him carrying a meat package and believed that he was one of those who had made business robbery at the Ext 13 store, a group of shop owners attacked, assaulted him with a sharp weapon and shot him dead afterwards
After the shooting incident, the Tswelelang community became enraged with anger and attacked foreign nationals & their businesses accusing them of murdering a wrong person
Meanwhile on the other hand regarding the same matter, the Potchefstroom Public Order Policing - POP who were ropped in, struck over a suspect of a daylight robbery at one of foreign owned spaza shops near Reabona Secondary School on the R505 leading to Makwassie following the Thambo 1 incident, this was a pay-back. According a report, police officials who saw this robbery last week rushed to prevent it, at that time, a speeding police van ran over the suspect into a spaza shop wall which was partially collapsed
The van then reversed where the suspect tried to run away, resulting in his death at the back of the same spaza shop, other suspects of this robbery escaped. Police searched for those who escaped to the Ext 5 in the area, but were without luck
Paramedics were then contacted, however, they declared him dead at the scene. The North West Forensic Pathology Services were called in to collect the suspect's body after he was declared dead
The Independent Police Investigations Directorate - IPID, which investigates police's involved into the death of the suspect was also ropped in to investigate what had transpired
More looting continued at some of the spaza shops in Tswelelang as some community members believed that foreign nationals have caused the deaths. During the continued looting, some of these community members were injured following a clash with the police who used rubber bullet shots to control the situation at the Old Localtion & Setlhaba-Ntoni areas
Most foreign-owned spaza shops were closed for few days to allow the situation to subside, however calm has been rostored and some of these spaza shops are partially operational as owners try to recover from last week's incidents
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Updated: 22:00 31 January 2025 Friday
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