Teen who allegedly stabbed fellow Potchefstroom pupil to death handed over to police by his parents
11 June 2019
Police in the North West have arrested a teen who allegedly stabbed and killed another 15-year-old who was on his way home from school in Potchefstroom on Monday.
"It is alleged that [Felies] Sithembile was on his way home from school, just after 14:00, when the suspect who is also a learner at another school, stabbed him with a knife.
"The incident occurred along Segwaleane Road," police spokesperson Colonel Adéle Myburgh said in a statement on Tuesday.
The suspect fled the scene, but was handed over to the police by his parents on Tuesday morning.