Top student shot in the back

[SlinkyMike]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080206060408167C560581

So thats another family of high achievers that will undoubtedly be leaving soon... for whatever a camera and a laptop is worth nowadays.

Tell me again how 'Afropessimism' is responsible for chasing people out of SA.

 

[icyrus]

Tragic, and unfortunately it is not a unique story.

South Africa is broken and cannot be fixed.

 

[Moederloos]

Viva Africa.

So typical. And it was not a "robbery" - it was an assault.

A Pretoria student's dream of being a doctor lies in tatters this morning after a gang of armed robbers shot her in the spine during an armed robbery.

^^ that kind of misrepresentation is why our crime is "dropping".
Calling an assault and attempted murder a "robbery" is very unprofessional journalism

 

[RogueTr00per]

WTF... this is a very disheartening read... but it's happening all around us

 

[medicnick83]

This makes me sooooooooooo angry!!!
But I hope she gets better and can carry on with her dream.
Anything is possible, I know, I say it alot, but I have faith that she'll be okay.

 

[Pilgrim]

This makes me sooooooooooo angry!!!
But I hope she gets better and can carry on with her dream.
Anything is possible, I know, I say it alot, but I have faith that she'll be okay.

And she will not carry on her dream in this country.

 

[Gooku]

Barbaric shooting has become more prevalent in recent years.I thought only criminals in civil war zone has total lack of respect for human life.

They must be caught , we need to know why ? or where they come from ?

I have noticed laptop (notebook) computers are usually taken during house robbery, it is time police must destroy the channels of selling/buying stolen laptops.

(cellphones are always taken during house robberies too- even very cheap ones , I think the robbers want to delay the victims from informing the police , so they can get away .dont know how big is the trade in stolen cellphones )

 

[Jase]

And yet the flames fly if someone dare say 'an eye for an eye' ......

 

[stefan9]

My sister went to school with this girl. They were in the same class till high school when they went to different schools.

a Very sad day and another indication why it's time to get out while we still can.

 

[Gooku]

Only a very small number of house robberies cases ends in convictions. because by the time police arrives at the crime scene ,perpetrators often got away already .

Follow the trails of the loots ( e.g laptops,jewelery .....) , I think it is easier to find & catch them there.

 

[boramk]

A life for a laptop and camera.... its so sad

 

[Gooku]

A life for a laptop and camera.... its so sad

Sad....

House robberies also tend to reoccur in the same neighborhood ,often hit a few houses before they move to another one (neighborhood).....after that another one ...after that ..come back to the first one ..........

The point is, they don't stop until they are caught .