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“The child is not safe because has no transport to and from school, she has to go back to her routine. She has post-traumatic stress disorder as she keeps fidgeting around when she sees someone of youth. I will repeat what I said earlier, we do not want, nor we will ever take the law into our hands, I just urge the government to play their role in all this,” pleaded Magini.
The SAPS has yet to make any arrests, when asked about the timeline and the fact that the child must go back to school, with the knowledge of her alleged violator on the loose, SAPS said they are still waiting for DNA results to for further action. Pondoland Times also enquired about the fact that the community and family of the victim claimed that the main suspect roams around and has not been sampled for DNA, to which they replied that they were only informed of two suspects against five, four of whom were bystanders as the community and family assured.
SAPS spokesperson person Siphokazi Mawisa has remained adamant that statements of two suspects were taken, and the case dockets taken to the National Prosecuting Authority for decision making.
“The SAPS has no idea of four suspects and an additional one hence we only sampled two, there is nothing we can do now unless DNA results come back. The information we have was taken from the community and witnesses, that is our position,” said Mawisa.
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