Teen arrested for stabbing fellow pupil to death
Gauteng police have arrested a teenage boy in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old pupil in Bedfordview, east of Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
Police spokesperson Kay Makhubele says two schoolboys apparently had an argument after school.
The suspect allegedly took out a knife and stabbed the victim several times.
The 17-year-old boy later died in hospital.
"It is reported that the two schoolboys had an argument yesterday that is when he stabbed several times.
"A manhunt was launched of a suspect following a stabbing of a 17-years-old boy in Bedfordview yesterday. However, in the early hours this morning, the police found him in a house at Tembisa where the boy who allegedly school in the same with the deceased was arrested," Makhubele says.
Makhubele says the suspect will appear in court soon.
The suspect allegedly took out a knife and stabbed the victim several times.
The 17-year-old boy later died in hospital.
"It is reported that the two schoolboys had an argument yesterday that is when he stabbed several times.
"A manhunt was launched of a suspect following a stabbing of a 17-years-old boy in Bedfordview yesterday. However, in the early hours this morning, the police found him in a house at Tembisa where the boy who allegedly school in the same with the deceased was arrested," Makhubele says.
Makhubele says the suspect will appear in court soon.