Schoolboy arrested for fatal Verulam school stabbing
Updated | By Nushera Soodyal
A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing at a school in Verulam.
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A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing at a school in Verulam.
READ: Pupil (17) stabbed to death in Verulam school fight
A 17-year-old schoolboy died after being stabbed in the chest, allegedly during a fight at Siphesihle Secondary School in Trenance Park on Thursday.
"Yesterday afternoon, a 15-year-old boy was arrested for murder after a 17-year-old learner was stabbed in one of the schools in Verulam yesterday," says KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Nqobile Gwala.
ALSO READ: KZN Education probes fatal stabbing fight at Verulam school
The suspect is due to appear in court soon.
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