{"id":11022,"date":"2013-10-11T08:38:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T08:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11022"},"modified":"2013-10-11T08:38:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T08:38:10","slug":"black-gang-war-errupts-at-pretoria-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11022","title":{"rendered":"Black gang war errupts at Pretoria school"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Violence erupted when black pupils from a Pretoria West school attacked a group from Langenhoven High School on Wednesday, leaving at least four pupils critically injured.<\/p>\n

One was rushed to hospital with an ear cut off; another had a sharp instrument stuck in his back.<\/p>\n

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In what parents on Thursday termed gang-related violence, the boys from Pretoria West arrived outside the school gates in a taxi they had hired specifically for that purpose.<\/p>\n

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They wielded an assortment of weapons, including knives, pangas, small axes and other sharp weapons.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey waited outside the gate, and attacked my son just as he came out on his way home,\u201d said Lucas Mgidi, whose son\u2019s ear was cut off in the fight. Mgidi said his son had been caught in the attack meant for a rival group.<\/p>\n

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Department of Education spokesman Gershwin Chuenyane said a team would be sent to investigate the circumstances around the incident.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are saddened by the injuries suffered by the pupils, we will send psycho-social officials to talk to them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Mgidi said his son had fought back when he found himself in the thick of things, but he was left badly injured and bleeding after being hit with bricks, booted feet and fists.<\/p>\n

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The boy was hit on the side of his face with a knife that severed most of his left ear. \u201cHis friends arrived at the scene to find him looking very bad.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey picked him up, took the piece of ear lying on the ground near him and flagged down a passing taxi to remove him from the situation and the possibility of further injuries,\u201d Mgidi said.<\/p>\n

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Mgidis\u2019 son\u2019s friends called his parents to notify them of the injury, and the father asked the taxi driver to drop his son off at a local hospital.<\/p>\n

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Maropeng Mamabolo, whose son was among the group from Pretoria West, said her son was also left badly injured.<\/p>\n

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He was bleeding profusely and had a sharp instrument stuck in his back from the clash.<\/p>\n

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A parent admitted that she knew the boys had been heavily armed. \u201cThey had dangerous weapons on them, they might even have had a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The police had been called to the scene, and on Thursday spokeswoman Sergeant Ann Portman said when the officers arrived most of the injured had been removed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are investigating the possibility of the violence being gang-related,\u201d she said, adding that a 15-year-old boy from Langenhoven had been arrested yesterday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was the only identifiable one, and we released him into his parents\u2019 custody, pending the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Police would be collecting statements from the injured boys once they were well enough to talk. \u201cAnd then more arrests will follow,\u201d Portman said.<\/p>\n

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Mgidi said they now feared for their son\u2019s life, and did not know how safe he would be when he was well enough to return to school.<\/p>\n

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The pupil\u2019s aunt blamed the school for allowing the situation to escalate out of control. \u201cIf they had called in the boys and spoken to them my nephew would not have acted desperately and asked for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Both boys were out of intensive care by Thursday afternoon, with their parents saying they expected them to be discharged soon. – Pretoria News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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