Centane
Centane man expected to appear in court for killing boy (15)
According to police, the teenager was shot in the upper body in the early hours of Saturday morning while attending a house party.
The 25-year-old man attacked the child in the Gqunqe village, in the Eastern Cape, in January last year.
Twenty-five people died and 64 were injured when the vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Centane on Monday.
Twenty-five people died and 64 were injured in the crash near Centane on Monday.
The 68-year-old victim was asleep at her home on Thursday when the suspect knocked on her door, pretending to be someone else.
Three more people who tried to stop the man during the killing spree were wounded and hospitalised.
It’s understood the boys, aged 7 and 12, were left alone at home when the tragedy took place earlier this week.
The deaths come just days after the department and the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders, as well as several NGOs launched an initiative to prevent initiation deaths.
Police say the suspect had been in a forest following the victim and his girlfriend before committing the crime.
The 86-year-old victim was alone inside his home when the blaze started early on Saturday morning.
Two children, aged six, managed to escape and reported the killings to elders in the community.