Nhlamulo Sambo was stabbed on death on Sunday, May 31, in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay.
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Western Cape police are actively pursuing the suspect responsible for the brutal stabbing death of 19-year-old Nhlamulo Sambo in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay, on Sunday, May 31.
Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Christopher Spies confirmed that Sambo was fatally injured during a violent altercation with another man, prompting an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Spies said police were called to the scene and they found the teen with a stab wound to the chest.
"He was declared dead by paramedics on scene. The suspect fled the scene. He is yet to be arrested," said Spies.
Spies added that police are still investigating circumstances surrounding the killing.
Meanwhile, his family claims that the teen was killed during riots reportedly linked to alleged protests against foreign nationals.
"They killed my son like a dog saying that he's a foreigner whereas my child is a Tsonga, a South African citizen from Limpopo in Giyani," his mother, Nkateko Sambo said in a video.
The mother also asked for donations to transport her son back to Limpopo where he will be buried.
"I'm very hurt and painful because I'm unemployed and they killed my child and I have to take my child back home to bury him on Saturday," she said.
In a statement, his Nonhlanhla Sambo, said his brother was sleeping with a friend when he was forcibly removed from the house and killed for speaking Xitsonga.
"My 19-year-old little brother was stabbed to death on the 31st of May during the xenophobic riots/protests in Western Cape Mossel Bay his fault was being Tsonga in a Xhosa community we are deeply hurt as family about this inhumane act; justice must be served. We will not be silent," she wrote on Facebook.