Hours before the release of his matric results, Wakeel Dreyer was gunned down in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town and a community activist claims that gangsters are responsible for his murder. | Lisaleesolomon1
A Mitchells Plain teenager was shot dead on Thursday afternoon.It's alleged that he was shot by gangsters in the area.
Scores of people gathered at the scene on Thursday afternoon after a group of men in a vehicle pulled up at a tuck shop and shot the pupil, Wakeel Dreyer, 17 times. "I then said, 'No, that is not my son,', in the hope that he would walk out of the shop. But then they lifted the sheet from his face, and I just burst out crying and screaming. How is this even possible? My son, my beautiful boy, is gone from this world so soon," she said."I have no answers as to why they shot him so many times, but I pray that whoever did this to my boy will be caught and justice be served upon them.
"Our kids get murdered [everyday], and it's just another number added. The [number] of innocent children who get murdered every day [is too much]. Now I am a mess because when is my child next? This [happened] just on our doorstep. He had his whole future ahead of him and was due to get his results today . This is very sad news. My heart bleeds for his family," she added.
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