16-year-old boy stabs 17-year-old friend over argument about clothes
On Saturday, January 28, a boy,
16, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly stabbing his
17-year-old friend, Mpho Theon Musi, in South Africa.
It was reported that, the friends
got into an argument when Musi went to collect his hat from the
suspect's house. This led to a fight between them over borrowed clothes
and the 16-year-old reached for a knife and stabbed the deceased in his
chest.
Free State police spokesman, Sergeant Mamello Mokhuoane relaying what happened saying:
“It is alleged Musi went to his
friend’s house to fetch his cap when a fight broke out between them
about clothes that they had borrowed from each other. The 16- year-old
boy allegedly stabbed Musi once on the chest. The 16-year-old suspect
then fled the scene on foot. Thabong police and Emergency Services were
summoned to the scene. Emergency Services personnel certified Musi dead
on the scene.
On
Tuesday, January 31, the suspect handed himself to the police and a case
of murder was registered at Thabong police for further investigation
after which the boy was released to his grandmother's custody as he is a
minor and cannot be detained.
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