Family accuses school of cover-up

A 13-YEAR-OLD was left seriously injured after he was allegedly stabbed by fellow pupils at Alpha Primary School in Durbanville, with his family claiming the wound was just two centimetres from his heart.

- KIM SWARTZ [e-mail]

The minor’s grandmother, Christina Hendricks, said that the incident happened during interval on February 23.

Hendricks said: “He and some other friends were playing with a ball.

“Then five children came and attacked him. They threw stones at him and hit him.

“Another boy, who is taller than him, choked him, and he fell on the ground. They stabbed him in the arm, and another boy stabbed him in the chest.

“The school called me, and when I arrived, my grandson had a bandage on:

She said that after taking the boy to a medical facility for treatment.

She added: “The doctor took X-rays and said that the stab wound was two centimetres from his heart.”