Abducted 11-year-old pupil returned home - GDE
It’s been confirmed that the 11-year-old girl from E. P. Baumann Primary School in Mayfair was returned home on Wednesday.
The grade 5 pupil was kidnapped at gunpoint on the morning of 17 November 2021.
This occurred outside the school gate while she was waiting in line to be sanitised and screened.
The MEC for Education in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi says the girl’s mother was contacted by police on Wednesday morning
“According to information at our disposal, the learner’s mother received a call from the police this morning informing her to come to fetch her child at the police station,” he says.
“We are delighted to receive this good news of the safe return of this girl. We will avail our psycho-social unit to provide additional counselling to her given the trauma she has faced during this unfortunate incident,” added Lesufi.
Police are yet to provide more information on how the girl was found and if any kidnappers have been arrested.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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