Valentino grootetjie
At least 84 murders in CT since mid-December, claims ACDP
The ACDP has called on the police and the courts to keep suspects detained when they’ve been arrested on murder charges.
Two suspects were arrested in connection with the killing of Grootetjie and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates Court on Friday.
The five-year-old died last weekend when a stray bullet hit him as he played in his yard.
Cele was addressing mourners at the funeral service of slain five-year-old Valentino Grootetjie from Lavender Hill on Saturday morning.
Bheki Cele is attending the funeral this morning of five-year-old Valentino Grootetjie who was playing outside his family’s Drury Court home last Saturday afternoon when a stray bullet hit him.
Valentino Grootetjie was shot and killed while playing in his yard this past Saturday and police arrested the suspects on Monday.
This is after a 22-year-old man was shot and killed in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Valentino Grootetjie was shot outside the kitchen door of his family's Drury Court home in Lavender Hill on Sunday.