Youths kill two thieves
Robbers killed after Kusasalethu Comprehension School pupils apparently attacked them.
27 August – 12:10
eMbalenhle – Robbers seriously injured when Kusasalethu Comprehension School pupils apparently attacked them.
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27 August – 14:40
Watch this video of one of the robbers after the police rescued him from the angry crowd.
27 August – 16:34
eMbalenhle police have confirmed that the two men have died in Evander Hospital.
The police are trying to locate the family of the men.
Nobody have been arrested yet.
28 August – 08:53
A source told the newspaper that the thieves grabbed a woman’s handbag on the football field outside the school and ran to abandoned buildings on the school’s premises.
The pupils saw what had happened and ran after them.
The men climbed into a ceiling, but the pupils managed to get them down.
According to eye witnesses, they began beating the men until the police arrived.
They apparently had to fire shots to disperse the pupils.
3 September – 09:00
eMbalenhle – The Mpumalanga Department of Education has confirmed that they are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of these two men.
Mr Gerald Sambo, Spokesperson for the department, said, “We have also deployed officials from the inclusive education to assess the pupils and give them trauma couselling.”
