Overview
- Walmer SAPS responded at about 11pm Saturday to Mimosa Road in Fairview, where Micah Klaasen, 16, was found dead near Frank Landman Avenue.
- Officers were informed he was attacked by a group of six to ten unknown people, and investigators say the motive remains unclear.
- Capt Sandra Janse van Rensburg said four juveniles are set to appear at Nerina Magistrate’s Court and three adults at the Gqeberha Magistrate’s Court on 8 October.
- Klaasen had been a spectator at a five-a-side soccer and music event earlier that day at the nearby Fairview Action Arena, where management reported no fights and routine security patrols.
- Tributes have been shared by friends, his club Glenville Celtic AFC, and Lawson Brown school, which described him as a bright, energetic presence.