A high school learner on his way to school in Lotus Park, Isipingo, was stabbed and robbed of his backpack and cellphone on Teal Place this morning by 3 males in a silver Toyota Corolla.
Alpha Alarms Response Unit was alerted to the stabbing via a report on the Whatsapp Crime Group and responded.
The learner sustained surface wounds and was at school awaiting his parents.
Alpha Alarms Response conducted patrols in the area.
It was thereafter reported that another robbery occurred after the stabbing once patrol vehicles departed from the area.
There have been other reported incidents of learners being accosted and mugged whilst proceeding to school.
Learners are urged to be vigilant and walk in groups. Refrain from carrying valuables to school and openly displaying cellphones.
