{"id":2989,"date":"2012-10-22T06:30:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2012-10-22T06:30:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T06:30:27","slug":"pupil-dies-after-being-stabbed-repeatedly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=2989","title":{"rendered":"Pupil dies after being stabbed repeatedly"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2990\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ganster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2990\" title=\"ganster\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ganster-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ganster-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ganster.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A warning sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A pupil was killed at the Berea Park Private School after he was allegedly stabbed five times by another pupil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 16-year-old boy was stabbed five times at the Berea Park private school in the city centre last week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The grade 10 pupil, Donald Molefe, died after a fight broke out with another pupil apparently over a pencil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspect pulled out a knife and allegedly stabbed Molefe as well as his friend. Molefe died a few minutes after paramedics arrived at the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the police spokesperson, Sergeant Ann Poortman, they received information that the fight had started yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is believed that the suspect came to school carrying a knife with which to continue the fight,\u201d Poortman said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The principal of the school, Izak Theron, said they were shocked by the incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOur security guards conduct regular searches to ensure that pupils do not enter the premises with weapons or drugs,\u201d said Theron.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said they would strengthen the security to prevent such incidents in future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poortman said the suspect would be released into his parents\u2019 guardianship, as he is a minor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Molofe\u2019s friend was taken to the local hospital. &#8211; looklocal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pupil was killed at the Berea Park Private School after he was allegedly stabbed five times by another pupil. A 16-year-old boy was stabbed five times at the Berea Park private school in the city centre last week. The grade 10 pupil, Donald Molefe, died after a fight broke out with another pupil apparently &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=2989\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pupil dies after being stabbed repeatedly&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[34,1904,1905,12250],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-crime","tag-school-violence","tag-security","tag-south-africa"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ganster.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2991,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions\/2991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}