Missing 5-Year-Old Boy Found Locked Inside Classroom for Entire Weekend, Mzansi Wants Justice for Family

• A missing five-year-old lived through a horrific ordeal after he was locked inside a classroom for an entire weekend
• The little boy's mother frantically searched for the boy and even asked one of the teachers to check if he was locked in on the premises
• South Africans are outraged by the little boy's experience and want someone to be held accountable for such a traumatising experience

CRADOCK - A five-year-old boy went through a horrifying experience after being locked in a classroom and left there for the whole weekend.

Masonwabe Mapolisa's mother frantically searched for her son with the help of community members, only to find out that Masonwabe never left JA Ncaca Primary School in Lingelihle, Cradock, when school ended.

Missing five-year-old boy's mother speaks about her traumatic experience

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The boy's mother, Disedo Somatamba, was puzzled when her son did not come home on Friday. The family went to the police to report her son missing and the Karoo community was alerted about the missing child.

Somatamba called a teacher and checked if they perhaps locked her son in the classroom, but the teacher said she was the last person to leave and there was no one else there, reports TimesLIVE.

The police and the mother asked the teacher to go to the school and have a closer look, but she returned and said he was not there.

On Monday, the little boy's mother and a detective went to the school and asked for access to the CCTV footage, but it was not working. During assembly, a teacher came running and screaming that the little boy had been found.

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Missing five-year-old boy was found in a bad state

According to the Daily Maverick, Masonwabe was found naked with paint over his head in one of the classrooms.

The child's relative said he was not in a good state and had to be airlifted to Dora Nginza Hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay for further treatment. The circumstances around how he ended up in the classroom are still unclear.

South Africans want justice for little boy locked in classroom

Jeannette Capper said:

"This is so so traumatic for the child. May whoever did this face the same justice."

Lindray Sibilant said:

"What the heck... How do things like this happen?"

Gibbs Mjoli Gibisa said:

"He was found on Monday? Those who are locking the classes in the afternoon should be held accountable. If no one knows, then they should all be dismissed."

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Morné Henning said:

"I hope the family gets justice."

Thandy Lehloo said:

"Aaaaah, poor boy. I can’t imagine the trauma."

Simpiwe Maqondo said:

"So sad I can't imagine what he went through. Without food and warmth..."

Macdon Kgoedi said:

"I hope he’s okay, considering the weather."

Danielle T van Niekerk said:

"Whoever locked the classroom door should have checked if all the children had left. Negligence. The police should have gone to check the school with the parents."

Soweto community finds dead bodies of 2 missing boys, Mzansi rocked by discoveries: “We are in a nightmare”

Briefly News previously reported that community members in Soweto made horrifying discoveries in two separate locations on Thursday, 20 April.

Two boys aged five and six years old were discovered murdered in the south Johannesburg township.

The children were allegedly seen playing together on Wednesday, 19 April, in the street near their homes when they went missing.

Source: Briefly News