PUPIL APPEARS IN COURT FOR STABBING FELLOW PUPIL

DIKENI: A 17-year-old Eastern Cape pupil has appeared in court for allegedly stabbing another child and took his phone.

The incident happened during school hours and the 17-year-old also took the money of the 16-year-old fellow pupil.

Iindaba Zethu understands that the case was opened on Wednesday following a shocking incident at Nkwenkwezini High School in the Dyamala locality, Dikeni.

DispatchLIVE has it that the 16-year-old victim remained trapped in a toilet pit overnight after being shoved into it.

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Dikeni police acted swiftly, leading to the arrest of the suspect in connection with a case of attempted murder and robbery that occurred at the school.

“It is alleged that on Tuesday at about 8am, a 16-year-old scholar was attacked by a fellow student inside the school premises,” police spokesperson Brigadier Nobuntu Gantana said.

“The victim was stabbed in the neck, robbed of his cellphone and a sum of cash, and subsequently shoved into a pit toilet. He remained trapped there throughout the night.”

It is also reported that the stabbed pupil was discovered on Wednesday morning by another pupil before he was rushed to Victoria Hospital for treatment and he is recovering from his injuries.

“The identified 17-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday,” Gantana said. “He has been charged with attempted murder and robbery with a weapon other than a firearm.”

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The suspect appeared in the Dikeni magistrate’s court on Thursday and he was kept behind bars at the John X Meriman Juvenile Centre – he will make another court appearance on Monday.

“We commend the community and the school for their co-operation and the investigating team for their swift work, which led to this arrest,” acting Eastern Cape provincial commissioner Major-General Thandiswa Kupiso said.

“We assure the community that such acts of violence, especially within our places of learning, will be met with the full might of the law.”