8-year-old boy found hanging in his room
Published: 2013 May 11 08:21:32 (5649 Views)
When 8-year-old Sebabatso came home from school he was heard singing the hymn "I am coming to You, Lord."
Later that day his sister went to his bedroom and found him dead under the window.
He had hanged himself with his uncle's belt.
Why Sebabatso, who was known as a happy child who was always singing, would have taken his life, remains a mystery.
His aunt, Makresemese Makwai, the family spokeswoman from Nyakallong in Allanridge, Free State, South Africa, described the last morning of Sebabatso's short life.
"When he woke up he played a little, then he had a bath and got dressed, had his breakfast and went off to school," she said.
"When he left the house he was singing a song named Matebele by Oskido."
His teachers at Tshireletso Primary said he seemed normal. "They told us they heard him singing and playing," said Makresemese.
When Sebabatso came home from school on Monday afternoon he was singing a gospel song by local artist Matlakala and The Comforters.
The song, called Seatla Sa Gagwe Se Supile, means: "He has chosen". The song says: "Those who hear must understand that God has chosen them."
"Tshidi, Sebabatso's mother, was watching television in the lounge, his 17-year-old sister Thandi was at a friend's house and Sebabatso was in his bedroom," she said.
"When Thandi came home she went to the bedroom and found her baby brother with his uncle's old belt around his neck. The belt was tied to the window."
The girl called her mother and they went back to the bedroom.
Makresemese said they have no idea why the boy would have killed himself. He was doing well at school and was just a normal boy. His father, who never married Tshidi, lives in the North West.
Recently, two of the boy's aunts were stabbed to death and another was hit and killed by a car.
Welkom police spokesman Captain Stephen Thakeng said they have opened an inquest case.
"The boy's body was sent for an autopsy which indicated that he died as a result of suffocation. No foul play is suspected," said Thakeng.
- Dailysun
Later that day his sister went to his bedroom and found him dead under the window.
He had hanged himself with his uncle's belt.
Why Sebabatso, who was known as a happy child who was always singing, would have taken his life, remains a mystery.
His aunt, Makresemese Makwai, the family spokeswoman from Nyakallong in Allanridge, Free State, South Africa, described the last morning of Sebabatso's short life.
"When he woke up he played a little, then he had a bath and got dressed, had his breakfast and went off to school," she said.
"When he left the house he was singing a song named Matebele by Oskido."
His teachers at Tshireletso Primary said he seemed normal. "They told us they heard him singing and playing," said Makresemese.
When Sebabatso came home from school on Monday afternoon he was singing a gospel song by local artist Matlakala and The Comforters.
The song, called Seatla Sa Gagwe Se Supile, means: "He has chosen". The song says: "Those who hear must understand that God has chosen them."
"Tshidi, Sebabatso's mother, was watching television in the lounge, his 17-year-old sister Thandi was at a friend's house and Sebabatso was in his bedroom," she said.
"When Thandi came home she went to the bedroom and found her baby brother with his uncle's old belt around his neck. The belt was tied to the window."
The girl called her mother and they went back to the bedroom.
Makresemese said they have no idea why the boy would have killed himself. He was doing well at school and was just a normal boy. His father, who never married Tshidi, lives in the North West.
Recently, two of the boy's aunts were stabbed to death and another was hit and killed by a car.
Welkom police spokesman Captain Stephen Thakeng said they have opened an inquest case.
"The boy's body was sent for an autopsy which indicated that he died as a result of suffocation. No foul play is suspected," said Thakeng.
- Dailysun
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