Learners and parents were overcome with grief as they mourned their fellow learner Junaide September who was stabbed to death in Elsies River.
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The fatal stabbing of Junaide September, a high school learner from Elsies River, is just the latest in a list of killings in which school going children were victims. The following is a list of some of the incidents in which school children were victims in Gauteng and the Western Cape.
Danté Diederik (16): A special-needs learner from Pro-Practicum School, stabbed to death while eating breakfast at his bus stop in Toekomsrus. One minor has been arrested.
Forest High School Learner (17): Beaten and stabbed at Rotunda Park after school on March 20; he later died in the hospital.
Daleview Secondary Learner (Grade 12): Stabbed to death on March 23 while walking home through an open veld in Ennerdale.
Badirile Secondary Learner (Grade 9): Fatally stabbed during a fight at school in Khutsong on March 12.
Atlantis Secondary Learner (14): A Grade 8 girl killed outside the school gates during a taxi-related shooting that also claimed the driver's life.
Alnika Mitchell (14): Shot and killed in Kensington while watching matric farewell celebrations.
Lushaan Hendricks (16): A Grade 9 learner from Crystal High, killed in gang crossfire in Hanover Park.
Uzair Bedeker (17): A talented soccer player gunned down in Mitchells Plain.
Zechariah Matthee (9): Shot and killed inside a home in Rocklands along with two adults.
Valhalla High School Learner, Junaide September (17): Stabbed to death during a robbery in Elsies River.
Junaide September, from Valhalla High in Elsies River, was stabbed to death last weekend
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