Learner shot dead, foreign shop owner arrested
A 17-year-old pupil from the Landulwazi Secondary School, in Thokoza, Johannesburg was allegedly shot and killed by a foreign national shop owner after he and a group of friends kicked down the shop’s burglar bars, Gauteng police said on Friday.
Spokeswoman Lt-Col Katlego Mogale said on Thursday at around 4.30pm the student and his group of friends were supposed to go to Pretoria, but did not due to unknown reasons.
“On the way back from train station, they were singing and they went to a spaza shop which is owned by a foreign national. They kicked the burglar door and the owner pulled out a firearm.
He fired into the group of learners, injuring the scholar,” she said.
“The scholar was rushed to the nearest clinic but he was certified dead at the clinic.
The incident led to the burning of a Nissan bakkie that belonged to other foreign business men five hundred meters away from the crime scene.”
She said police were called and four people, including the shop owner who allegedly shot the teenager, were arrested.
Ammunition was found in their possession but the firearm was not recovered.
“One shop and three containers were destroyed and burnt.”
Mogale said three people were arrested for public violence.
Investigations continue, she said.
ANA