His body was found by a community member behind a precast wall near the railway line, dressed in his school uniform, and Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Service were immediately contacted.
A second community member, recognising the uniform, went to the school to alert staff to the discovery of one of their students.
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The child was identified by a member of staff and it is believed that he was stabbed in the chest with a knife.
Amanda Greybe, Springs police spokesman, says EMS informed the SAPS that he had been stabbed “directly into his heart”.
She comment that he was last seen at cricket practice at school yesterday afternoon.
When he failed to return home, his father began searching for him, throughout the night, to no avail.
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Police alerted the boy’s father to the discovery of the body and at the time of publishing his dad was still at the police station dealing with the matter.
Greybe says as far they can ascertain the boy’s cellphone and cricket bag are missing.
A case of murder is being investigated.
