6-year-old girl stabbed and killed
The kids were playing hide and seek when one of them was stabbed.
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A six-year-old from Kanana died on her arrival to Sebokeng Hospital after she was allegedly stabbed in the stomach by an unknown man while she had been going home with her two siblings on Tuesday evening, Sedibeng Ster reports.
It is said the three kids were playing hide and seek after their mom sent them to drop off a pair of pants just four houses away from their home.
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While they were playing, a man just appeared out of the blue, took out a knife and stabbed Itumeleng while her two siblings hid behind a rock.
The family’s spokesperson said: “The man fled the scene, and the entire family is shocked and deeply hurt by the incident.”
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– Caxton News Service
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