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March 5, 2016

#ATTACK: UPDATE: Gauteng Police confirm shooting teenage boy is still alive after brutal home invasion in Randpark Ridge

UPDATE: Gauteng Police confirm shooting victim is alive

BOSKRUIN – Resident is recovering in hospital but is conscious and responsive.

Police now say that the victim is alive.

Gauteng Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini confirmed that the resident who was shot during a robbery in the late hours of 4 March, is alive.

Douglasdale Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Balan Muthan previously said that a teenage boy had succumbed to his injury during surgery at Netcare Olivedale Hospital (see previous article).

Lt Col Dlamini has since confirmed that the victim is actually alive and recovering at the hospital. Furthermore, Lt Col Dlamini said that the robbery occurred in Boskruin, not Randpark Ridge, as WO Muthan said, and the victim is 18 years old.

The victim’s brother, Tiaan van Zyl, confirmed that his brother was shot in the stomach during the robbery, but is now conscious and responsive. He is also in a great deal of pain and is heavily medicated. Van Zyl added that during the robbery, three shots were fired at his parents, and the third bullet hit his brother after he struck one of the suspects with a bat.

Van Zyl thanked the Honeydew Police for visiting the family during the difficult time.
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RANDPARK RIDGE –A teenage boy succumbed to his wounds after being shot during a robbery in Randpark Ridge in the late hours of 4 March.

Douglasdale Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Balan Muthan explained that three armed men broke into a house in an a attempt to rob a family.

Warrant Officer Balan Muthan said that a teenage boy was outside the house when the robbers gained entry into the home. “When he arrived home he was forcefully put into a room with his mom by the robbers. His father attempted to gain entry into the room but instead the son was shot in the stomach attempting to help his dad. The ambulance transported the teenager to the Netcare Olivedale Hospital but unfortunately he died during surgery,” explained WO Muthan.

He added that the robbers fled the scene of the crime with jewellery, electronics and other valuable items. A case of robbery and murder was opened at the Honeydew Police Station, and the case is still under investigation.

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