Police are investigating a shooting at a Mitchells Plain high school today which left two learners wounded. The incident took place at Oval North Secondary School in Beacon Valley. Police spokesperson Tembinkosi Kinana said two suspects have been arrested and the motive is still being investigated.
“Due to the circumstances surrounding the case, the police have opened an attempted murder case,” he said.
The one learner was shot in the arm while the other pupil was shot in the chest and leg. The wounded are between 19 and 20 years old. They are both in a stable condition.
Beacon Valley has been hotspot for gang violence of late. However, Kinana could not comment on whether it was a gang shooting.
“There is no indication that the incident was gang related. However we leave everything to the investigation to tell us what actually happened.”
Mitchell’s Plain Community Police Forum (CPF) spokesperson Lynn Phillips said they are concerned by how this incident will impact learning. Learners are currently busy writing exams at school.
“From community police side we condemn all acts of such acts of violence. My greatest concern is that these learners are writing exams and this incident will affect their year end results. We can’t tolerate these crimes as the listeners fear having to go to school now.” VOC (Nailah Cornelissen)
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the police must starting doing their jobs in mitchells plain cz they worried more about other things then people dieing in beacon valley the whole mitchells plain have no protection kids are dieing parents are suffering thier lost cz the police department suppse to stop the gang volience in mitchells plain along time ago .but they just show up on a crime sciene then no arrest is made .i realy think police should take their jobs seriously an the lives of our children o_O an people no1 deserve to die wethr u a gangster or not everyones human