Body of Grade 10 Pupil Discovered on Pretoria High School Field Raises Questions Since Schools Are on Holiday

• The body of a Grade 10 pupil was discovered on the rugby field at Hoërskool Garsfontein in Pretoria
• The Gauteng Department of Education said the learner discovered by security was a pupil at the school
• The discovery has raised questions because learners are on a mid-year break and the premises should have been empty

PRETORIA - The security at Hoërskool Garsfontein in Pretoria discovered the body of a Grade 10 learner on the school's rugby field on Tuesday, 4 July.

The Gauteng Department of Education said the body was identified as belonging to a female pupil who attended the school, TimesLIVE reported.

Grade 10 pupil's body discovered at Pretoria high school, despite learners being on mid-year break

The MEC of Education, Matome Chiloane, said that he was startled by the discovery and questioned how the girl ended up on the rugby field given that schools are on holiday and no children were meant to be on the premises.

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The police have opened an investigation into the startling discovery. While the cause of death has not been revealed, Chiloane has called on the authorities to swiftly apprehend the perpetrators responsible for the learner's death, News24 reported.

South Africans mourn the death of Pretoria Grade 10 pupil

Below are some comments:

Charmaine Pillay

"This is sad terrible news... Heartbroken."

Comfort Taubolela questioned:

"What kind of nation are we?"

Dee Long

"No, guys, it's too much now. Leave the kid for dead in the open nje yho."

Vuyi Xola

"I just heard this on the news, this is so sad, I wonder who committed this horrendous crime, people out there are so evil "

@PhutiMashishi5 asked:

"Wow. What's the world coming to."

@Sabza200BC added:

"Every parent's worst nightmare, may her soul RIP. I am assuming there are cameras installed in various places around the school, investigators must crack this one."

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Earlier, Briefly News reported that a horrific car crash between a bakkie, bus and a delivery vehicle has sadly led to the untimely deaths of five pupils in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town.

The school children, believed to be between 13 and 16 years old, were travelling in a bakkie at around 8am on Tuesday, 30 May, when the fatal crash occurred.

According to TimesLIVE, the school pupils' bodies were scattered on the road when ER24 paramedics arrived.

Source: Briefly News