The Gauteng Department of Social Development, the EMPD and residents expressed their shock and condemned the mutilation of the six-year-old boy in Boksburg.
The Blue Sky informal settlement boy went missing on February 28 and was later found with his genitals cut off in a ditch next to Trichardts Road, in Cason.
He was taken to the Tambo Memorial Hospital before being transferred to the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. A case of attempted murder was opened at the Boksburg Police Station the next day, and an investigation is underway.Speaking to this publication on Wednesday, Ekurhuleni District Commissioner Major General Anna Sithole described the incident as shocking and horrifying.
“We thank God that despite the pain and anguish, the child is still alive and recovering in hospital. He will be interviewed to try and get some information to help with the investigation because the child could know the suspect.”Meanwhile, Mbali Hlophe, the MEC for Gauteng Social Development, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, called on the Boksburg community to work with the police to find the perpetrator of this horrific crime.
“We will give full support in ensuring that the culprits face the full wrath of the law. More importantly, we will put in a safety plan and intensive therapeutic intervention for the child and his family,” promised the MEC. If you want to contribute to the BackaBuddy campaign, click on the link for the details: https://www.backabuddy.co.za/sebastian-x-5538175008412992064
“As a resident of Boksburg, a mother and a grandmother, I feel it is important that we do what is necessary to help and make sure the boy whose care and protection has been so egregiously violated has a future that is better than his past and his current circumstances,” said Barlow.
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