News24 | 'Criminals here are very hungry': 5-year-old Ditebogo's murder highlights crime crisis in Soshanguve

Aphelele Mbokotho

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Ditebogo Junior Phalane was killed by carjackers on Friday night. (Supplied/Gift Makoti)

Following the murder of 5-year-old Ditebogo Junior Phalane by hijackers who were targeting his father's vehicle, the Phalane family have disclosed that they lost their child while still recovering from the kidnapping of another family member three weeks earlier.

The boy was shot dead in Soshanguve, in the north of Gauteng, on Friday night.

Grief-stricken family spokesperson Gift Makoti told News24: "We haven't decided when the memorial service or flower drop-off will be because his body is still at the government mortuary, given the nature of his death, so they are still busy with that.