Woodlands community calls for thorough police probe into acid prank
A 17-year-old boy is still in the hospital following the incident at Mitchells Butchery in Woodlands.
Mitchell's Moslem Butchery in Woodlands, Mitchells Plain, where a 17-year-old boy was allegedly pranked to drink drain acid. Picture: Carlo Petersen/EWN
CAPE TOWN - The Woodlands community in Mitchells Plain are calling on police to do a thorough investigation after a teenager was allegedly tricked to drink acid at a local butchery.
A 17-year-old boy is still in the hospital following the incident at Mitchells Butchery in Woodlands.
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Police said that a case of attempted murder was being investigated, and arrests were yet to be made.
Woodlands resident Raafiqah Ganger said that the community wanted justice for the 17-year-old boy, who was allegedly pranked into drinking drain acid.
The teenager, who is a casual worker at Mitchells Butchery in Woodlands, allegedly drank the acid from a cold drink bottle found in a fridge at the establishment on Sunday afternoon.
A source close to the boy's family said the teenager suffered damage to his stomach and oesophagus.
Ganger said the community was calling for accountability.
"All we want is just the truth. All we want is justice for this young man. Because at the end of the day, he's very young... We don't know what the damage is. He's still got a life ahead of him."
The owners of the butchery have elected not to comment and Ganger has urged angry residents not to loot the premises while the investigation is underway.