Police spokesperson, Ikobeng Hlubi, tells OFM News the deceased is believed to have jumped into the Joe Solomon Primary School yard in Heidedal, as he was being chased by two men in a minibus in the early hours of Monday morning. Hlubi says eyewitnesses informed police the assailants followed the deceased into the schoolyard, where they proceeded to attack him. 

It is suspected the young man was the victim of a robbery that went awry, however, this has not been confirmed by local authorities. His body was later found behind a pile of bricks in the school’s yard at around 04:00 am. The Department of Education in the Free State is yet to provide comment on the incident. Investigations into the matter continue. 

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