THE body of a kidnapped Roodepoort schoolgirl was discovered on a farm in Magaliesburg yesterday.
Gauteng department of education spokesman Charles Phahlane said: "We send our deepest condolences to the family and wish them strength during this very difficult time."
He said the department heard that the badly burnt body was that of the missing 17-year-old Hoërskool Die Burger pupil.
However, Gauteng police would not be drawn into speculation on whether the body was that of the kidnapped schoolgirl.
"We cannot confirm that it is the missing teenager's body until the DNA results have come back from testing," Lieutenant Colonel Tshisikhawe Ndou said.
He said the body, burnt beyond recognition, was discovered by a farmer, who saw smoke on his farm and went to investigate.
Ndou said a grey Toyota Hilux bakkie, matching the description of the car used to abduct the teenager yesterday morning, had been found abandoned at a house in Florida on the West Rand.
Yesterday morning a man apparently abducted the girl on her way to school in Roodepoort .
A bakkie pulled up alongside two girls walking on the corner of Rina and Herman streets in White Ridge at about 7am.
"A man got out and ordered the teenager into the vehicle. When the girl refused, he pointed a firearm at her until she complied," Ndou said.
The other girl ran away and the bakkie sped off with her friend.
Ndou said the man was thought to be aged between 20 and 30 years with brown hair.
Kidnapped schoolgirl's body found
THE body of a kidnapped Roodepoort schoolgirl was discovered on a farm in Magaliesburg yesterday.
Gauteng department of education spokesman Charles Phahlane said: "We send our deepest condolences to the family and wish them strength during this very difficult time."
He said the department heard that the badly burnt body was that of the missing 17-year-old Hoërskool Die Burger pupil.
However, Gauteng police would not be drawn into speculation on whether the body was that of the kidnapped schoolgirl.
"We cannot confirm that it is the missing teenager's body until the DNA results have come back from testing," Lieutenant Colonel Tshisikhawe Ndou said.
He said the body, burnt beyond recognition, was discovered by a farmer, who saw smoke on his farm and went to investigate.
Ndou said a grey Toyota Hilux bakkie, matching the description of the car used to abduct the teenager yesterday morning, had been found abandoned at a house in Florida on the West Rand.
Yesterday morning a man apparently abducted the girl on her way to school in Roodepoort .
A bakkie pulled up alongside two girls walking on the corner of Rina and Herman streets in White Ridge at about 7am.
"A man got out and ordered the teenager into the vehicle. When the girl refused, he pointed a firearm at her until she complied," Ndou said.
The other girl ran away and the bakkie sped off with her friend.
Ndou said the man was thought to be aged between 20 and 30 years with brown hair.
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