Cape Flats boy, 7, shot in his sleep amid gang war

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The 7-year-old Manenberg boy is among three people who were wounded in a bloody gang war that has flared up in the Cape Flats community.

Cape Town – A 7-year-old Manenberg boy is fighting for his life after he was shot in his sleep yesterday morning.

In the first shooting, the family of Toufiek Johnson, 7, were left traumatised after the little boy woke up screaming as shots rang out shortly after midnight. Hours later Samuel Plaatjes, 64, was walking home from a neighbour when skollies opened fire on the oupa in Olga Court.

 

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Bron_Pietersen 'Cape Flats boy'- so he was not a human being with a name? He was just a 'Cape Flats boy?' Reflects how media chases gross violence without actually caring about a young life that has been lost. Fucked up media who feeds on black death for commodification. Julle is morsig rerig.

Yeses no man

Why aren't you saying his name?

jsteenhuisen give PresidencyZA 6 weeks to shape up fall inline or ship the fcuk out! Gosh break away from this crap and then the rest of the Provence’s can follow! Give ppl choices like eg. Bank 1 or bank2 why not gov 1 Gov2 independent from each other! WHY NOT?

RIP sweet child 😭😭❤

So because he wasn’t famous or rich, he doesn’t deserve to be named in your headlines? Toufiek Johnson. sayhisname.

Yall lazy nina or nisile. Boy doesn't have a name?

The “Operational Plan” they talk about is being leaked to gang members by corrupt police. It's a lack of respect for human life.

🙏 RIP. How tragic and what evil.

Justice for Toufiek Johnson 💔

he has a name!!!!!

Cape Flats Boy? Wtf is this shit

Devestating!

💔💔😭 hai no se kwanele

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Cigarettes and alcohol more important to focus on

So what did or army achieve there? Their incompetence meant it was a costly PR exercise....

YoungstaCpt 😔😔😔

No! 🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢 Oh God! I'm sorry to his family. Yet another way adults have let down kids. This world is not safe for children.

how dare you say 'cape flats boy'. he has a fucking name.

Say his name 🔊 ♥ he deserves the respect

I wish was there..to talk and communicate...id ask...leave the kids...❤

And Bheki Cele is busy harassing law abiding citizens by demanding proof of cigarettes payment yet can't do zilch about hardened criminals.

The police and army wasted millions of tax payers money on the cape flats...yet not one gang member arrested....gang wars continue....drugs business flourishes...police bribes still get paid...police still provide guns and ammo to gang lords.....and our kids still murdered...RIP

Since foreigners are to be blamed for all the crime happening in SA who’s committing crime in Cape flats ?

Wow! It didn't take them long to start terrorizing the community. Doesn't WP have enough problems with Corona, now the old malice is back

What's going on with gangsters? Are they so power drunk that they are blind to the suffering they cause communities? Another child who could grow to improve the family livelihood is murdered. This must stop!

Viva ma-Azania, please VOTE for the RLF, will keep ALL our Security t on our Streets PERMANENTLY to CRUSH gangsters, murderous, criminal syndicates, rapist car hijacking and robberies etc

Noo! 💔💔💔

AB_Spice 😔😔

Army diployed for Covid 19 but not Cape flat gangs......Cele fighting against boozing, innocent people dying in Cape mxm..... So many broken families, Future will come with more new gang members and more death!

CyrilRamaphosa PresidencyZA What happened to the SANDF that were deployed there?The SANDF managed to kill innocent man in Alexander during lockdown,but failed dismally in Cape Flats.

Sad, government should definitely change the constitution and bring back the death penalty ASAP HermanMashaba

Send the troops into every single home. Rip them to pieces if they must. Find the guns. Lock up these thugs!

Cape town.....this is sad

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What in the world is going with the killing and abduction of these little ones...hey my heart bleeds with sorrow😭😭😭😭

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secondwave of media RUBBISH

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