It is alleged that the 17-year-old, Itumeleng Witbooi, was attacked with stones after a fight broke out at Blinkklip Secondary School on Tuesday. Police Spokesperson, Olebogeng Tawana, says the teenager was attacked by three fellow learners and was thereafter transported to hospital for medical treatment. He unfortunately succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital. Tawana says three learners aged 17 have been arrested and charged with murder.

The murder of Witbooi comes at a time the country is still reeling from an incident at a school in the Vaal where a Grade 9 pupil at the Thuto-Tiro Comprehensive School was on Monday fatally stabbed with a pair of scissors by a fellow 15-year-old pupil. This was followed by two other stabbing deaths involving school schildren in just 24 hours. 

In the Free State, the police are also investigating a case of murder after a 21-year-old man was accused of stabbing a 14-year-old school pupil, Elvino de Jager, in Heidedal in Bloemfontein. The suspect has been arrested.

OFM News reported that the 21-year-old man stands accused of murder after he allegedly stabbed De Jager after a fight broke out between the two. He is said to have stabbed the deceased in his back with a knife while the school pupil was fleeing the scene. De Jager died in hospital after the incident this past weekend.

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