Anger after student’s senseless murder
Hours before he was to write his final examination, Mbongeni 'Doctor' Mthombeni's life was snuffed out like a candle when two armed robbers approached him and a female friend near Jabulani City at about 8pm
ANGER, heartbreak and fear has engulfed uMfolozi TVET College students after a fellow student was shot and killed during a robbery gone wrong in eSikhaleni on Thursday.
Hours before he was to write his final examination, Mbongeni ‘Doctor’ Mthombeni’s life was snuffed out like a candle when two armed robbers approached him and a female friend near Jabulani City at about 8pm.
The civil engineering student was apparently accompanying his friend back to her house after she had returned his laptop at his rental cottage.
During the robbery shots were fired, and according to reports Mbongeni and his friend fled the scene and ran in different directions.
The frantic friend reported the incident at the eSikhawini police station minutes after it happened.
Police attended to the crime scene, but found no clues. Mbongeni’s whereabouts were unknown.
On Friday students walking to campus discovered his body in bushes with a gunshot wound in his lower abdomen.
The incident sent shock waves through the community, posing a question about the safety of students living in rental cottages outside campus.
‘Many students have reported cases, yet there are no responses by the police.
‘We demand justice for our brother and we won’t rest until criminals here are rooted out,’ said SRC president, Ndlelenhle Mlaba.
Umfolozi TVET College expressed its condolences, saying Mbongeni was a humble and respectful student.
‘He will be sorely missed by his lecturers and fellow students,’ said the statement.
On Wednesday afternoon, students gathered at the eSikhawini campus dining hall for a memorial service.
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