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We carried an article online where a 12-year-old girl stabbed a six-year-old child with a sharp object on Friday.

The six-year-old girl is currently fighting for her life at Princess Marina Hospital, a scenario which could have been avoided.

According to information Tlokweng Police Station provided, the two children met after school and ended up going to older child’s home. It is not known what could have transpired to cause the older child to end up stabbing the younger one with a sharp object.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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