WCED suspends grade 10 learner following fatal school incident [SOUND]

# The Western Cape Education Department has suspended a grade ten learner following the death of a fellow learner at Bellville South High School in Cape Town. The learner died last week in hospital after allegedly being assaulted in a classroom following an attempted cellphone theft. The department’s Bronagh Hammond says disciplinary action will follow as investigations continue into the circumstances surrounding the incident, which is also being treated as a murder case by police: