Cyril Brown, Nateniël's uncle, said he was devastated and wished “Lockies” would run up to him and ask for a haircut, instead of seeing him laying lifeless in a coffin.
“He was a joyous young man. Words can’t describe what we saw this morning when we drove his body down. Seeing him so still really hurt us as a family because we don’t know him like that. The man at the tuck shop says he wishes he could run to his shop for biscuits. “Seeing the mother cry breaks us. Life is so short; we must really spend our time with family and really love them. It’s emotional seeing him look so nice in his coffin with a haircut that I gave him that same Wednesday he was shot.
“He would have run to me and said, 'see mooi' [pointing] at his haircut. Weekends were our days,” Brown said. Three police officers have been arrested in connection with the boy's death that allegedly happened when the young man failed to respond to questions.
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