PHOTO: 13-year-old Boy in grade 6 of Kwaginga Primary School shot dead by 3 masked men in Amoutana

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Journalist 13-year-old boy in grade 6 of Kwaginga Primary School shot dead by 3 masked men in Amoutana.

A 13-year-old boy was executed outside his home in Amoutana – KZN a short while ago (Thursday).

A resident contacted the Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Operations Centre at approximately 13:03 requesting Emergency Medical Assistance for the critically injured minor. RUSA Members were provided with a WhatsApp Location to the scene. On arrival, Reaction Officers & Paramedics abandoned their vehicles and walked several metres down a steep narrow foot path to reach the boy’s home.

Upon examination, he was found have sustained close proximity gunshot wounds to the back of his neck, above his left eye and his left hand. He showed no signs of life and was pronounced deceased.

Witnesses informed Reaction Officers that the deceased was chatting to friends in the yard when three (3) balaclava clad males confronted them. They began assaulting the minors while questioning them about the location of a firearm the deceased was previously seen with. They then shot the victim before fleeing on foot in an unknown direction.

The fatally injured boy is a Grade 6 student at Kwaginga Primary School in Amoutana – KZN.

Information reads: “Nakhu la kuqedwa kudutshulwa khona ingane efunda u grade 6 Kwa Ginga primary School eNanda…. kuthiwa amadoda lawa aqale ayishaya efuna isibhamu….athe Uma ebona iyaqhubeka nokuthi ayisazi bayibulala

“E Mawotana e Nanda eThekwini baqeda kudubula ingane ena 13 yashona…. kuthiwa beyidlala nezinye izingane kubo ngesikhathi kufika amadoda amathathu ezifihlile ebusweni ayibuza ukuthi siphi isibhamu ebeyisiphethe izolo…iphikile ingane yathi ayisazi babe sebeyidubula ekhanda nasemqaleni yashona….ingane le ebulewe ifunda u grade 6 Kwa Ginga primary School khona endaweni

“Amoutana (KZN) kudutshulwe kwabulawa ingane yomfana ena 13. Ngokusho kwe Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) kufike amadoda amathathu afica lomfana kanye nabanye abantwana, lamadoda abe eseshaya lomfana emfuna isibhamu ake ambona esiphethe, nalaba banye abantwana abashayile nabo. Abe esedubula lomfana entanyeni ngemumva nangenhla kweso washona. Kubikwa ukuthi lomfana ubefunda u Grade 6 Kwaginga Primary School.”