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This is pretty fucked up. But apparently some kid goes into a technical college with a Katana and black war paint on his face (you know that's not weird at all) and goes batshit insane and decapitates someone and hurts a few others.

apparently Slipknot is to blame.

So kids what was it? Japan? Heavy metal? Video games? What's the scapegoat this time?

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Leané du Plessis and Amanda Roestoff, Beeld

Johannesburg - "You want to see something cool?"

Then, in front of his classmates, a "posessed" and masked matric pupil slashed open the neck of a fellow pupil at Nic Diederichs Technical High School in Krugersdorp.

"Watch out! He's lost it!" pupils shouted as the Grade 12 learner pulled out what looked like a Samurai sword and slashed the neck of Jacques Pretorius, 16.

Pupils said the pupil was "possessed by the devil" when he began his violent attack at about 07:20.

"Do you want to see something cool?" he apparently said to a matric girl moments before he sliced through Pretorius's carotid artery.

Pretorius's best friend, 16-year-old JC Welman, was standing next to him when he was attacked.

Thought it was a joke

"I was still wondering if it wasn't a joke but then I saw the blood bubbling out of his neck," Welman said, in tears.

Pretorius died on the scene, said Netcare 911 spokesperson Mark Stokoe.

Stunned pupils told how the pupil, wearing his school uniform and a black-and-brown mask, walked down the passage and swung his sword about.

He also injured two workers at the school during his rampage and slashed another pupil, Stefan Bouwer, 17.

Face smeared black

The pupil finally pressed the blade of the sword into the ground in a small garden next to the school courtyard and sat down.

He pulled off his mask when teachers approached. Under the mask, his face had been smeared black with polish.

"What happened? What happened?" the dazed boy asked the teachers, who took him to the staff room.

"Satan said he is going to kill me if I don't kill them before the end of the day," he apparently had said earlier.

Pupils sent home

Pupils were already in assembly when they heard the police sirens.

"A teacher came in after the prayer and said we had to go home until further notice," a pupil said.

A reliable source said the attacker had brought four masks, similar to those worn by the heavy metal band Slipknot, in his school bag.

Apparently he was also carrying three swords.

The source said one of the masks was white, similar to that of Slipknot's drummer Joey.

Another mask was a clown mask, similar to band member Shawn's, and the third mask was a gasmask as worn by the DJ, Sid.

During the attack the pupil apparently wore the mask that is similar to the one belonging to the lead singer Corey.

Wanted friends to join him

Apparently he tried to persuade a few of his friends to join him in the rampage.

He reportedly told them: "Today is the day you can get back at those who were against you."

He apparently also used words such as "masquerade" and "bloodbath".

His friends said his eyes were red and black "like those of a crazy person".

Welman was supported on Monday by his father Johan, his mother Christine and his friend JP Britz, 17.

"We (Pretorius and Welman) met each other just after 07:00 at the tree (near the school's main gate), like we do every day.

"We walked to the tuck shop. He bought me a red Foxi Nax and we ate it on the stairs next to the tuck shop," Welman said.

They were on their way to the hall when the attack occurred, Welman said.

Welman ran away and phoned his father from his cellphone.

'I kept talking to him'

A few minutes later his father arrived at the school and accompanied him back to where Pretorius was.

"I kept talking to him, because I was scared he would lapse into a coma.

"I held his leg ... his eyes were open, but I could see it was already too late," Welman said.

Pretorius's friends and family stood outside the family's house, their eyes red from crying.

Elize Froneman, the acting director of the West Rand Department of Education, referred all questions to the Gauteng Department of Education.

Daniëlla du Plooy reports that Panyaza Lesufi, who visited the school on Monday, said it was "a sad day for the department".

"We have been confronted with a lot of school violence recently, but nothing of this nature.

"We'll do everything in our power to control the situation and to prevent similar incidents."

Second suspect

Beeld was told confidentially that the pupil and another 18-year-old boy were arrested on Monday.

However, police spokesperson Jacob Raboroko could only confirm one arrest.

The suspect(s) are expected to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of murder and attempted murder.

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That kid owns

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Pfft, what a retard, Satan wants me, not him.

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Am i the only one that thinks that this is insane?

You people should be ashamed.

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I love how no one considers the possibility that he just wanted to do it, or wanted to be remembered for it, thats clearly the reason in all the other cases.

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At 8/19/08 10:03 AM, Grimfenix wrote: Am i the only one that thinks that this is insane?

You people should be ashamed.

What are you talking about it's fucking METAL!!!!!!!!!.

Actually the kid was fucked up and went to a technical college aka where asperger nerd fuck ups go to.

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Silly kids, running around stabbing each other!
I remember in the good ol' days when everyone would go outside and play hackysack.
I guess the more popular game today is slash each others necks.

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At 8/19/08 10:03 AM, TomLaforce wrote: I love how no one considers the possibility that he just wanted to do it, or wanted to be remembered for it, thats clearly the reason in all the other cases.

I don't think anyone who does things like this really expects to be remembered. It's not quite the scale of death that Stalin caused. I can't even remember this killers' name and I doubt there will be books on him, nor interest in this, outwith those immediatley effected, by next tuesday.

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Oh silly old me. I read "Kid with Katana kills for Santa"

hahaha, oh boy...

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At 8/19/08 10:08 AM, putzpie wrote: Oh silly old me. I read "Kid with Katana kills for Santa"

hahaha, oh boy...

Santa just can't keep up with the population explosion.

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He probably thinks the judge will say:
"Guilty! What's that? You were possessed by satan? That bastard... Alright, you're free to go."

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Wow. That's crazy.

And the people to blame, like it always should be, is the kid himself.

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Win.

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At 8/19/08 10:07 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: I don't think anyone who does things like this really expects to be remembered. It's not quite the scale of death that Stalin caused. I can't even remember this killers' name and I doubt there will be books on him, nor interest in this, outwith those immediatley effected, by next tuesday.

He may not of done this to be remembered but this just might cause a media shit storm because this kid was a text book example "video games and metal = MURDER".

Also am I the only one who finds it wierd that no one questioned why that kid was wearing war paint or you know had a Katana in school?

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At 8/19/08 10:11 AM, ClamPwns wrote: He probably thinks the judge will say:
"Guilty! What's that? You were possessed by satan? That bastard... Alright, you're free to go."

"God damn that Satan! We'll get him one day!"

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At 8/19/08 10:12 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: "God damn that Satan! We'll get him one day!"

He's like Carmen Sandiego.

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wtf is going on, how the hell is this a good thing? xD

i think it's kind of scary
i can't imagine one of my mates having his next slashed open right next to me during school

and what would make someone want to do something like that?!
he'd have to be pretty messed up

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I do believe that decapitating someone with a katana makes you badass

and insane

but seriously if you are gonna go crazy, thats the way to do it

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Slipknot playing..must..kill...must..slaughter..m ust..headbang..

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Holy shit that kid will make history.

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At 8/19/08 10:00 AM, CartoonDiablo wrote: batshit

Oh so thats the new thing instead of apeshit now? im not impressed.

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At 8/19/08 10:12 AM, CartoonDiablo wrote: He may not of done this to be remembered but this just might cause a media shit storm because this kid was a text book example "video games and metal = MURDER".

Yeah, but they do that to shift papers and everyone knows it. In the end psychologists say the idea is wrong and in fact, quite the opposite is true and they have been saying this about movies when they came out, comic books when they came out, books when they came out, etc.

Also am I the only one who finds it wierd that no one questioned why that kid was wearing war paint or you know had a Katana in school?

If I seen someone with a katana, i wouldn't ask them about it.

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At 8/19/08 10:20 AM, the1stguy1 wrote: I do believe that decapitating someone with a katana makes you badass

and insane

but seriously if you are gonna go crazy, thats the way to do it

i still don't understand how decapitating someone is cool in any way

it's wrong and disturbing

what if it was your best friend, or you that had your neck sliced open

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At 8/19/08 10:41 AM, Dezimo wrote: it's wrong and disturbing and that is what makes it cool.

ASDFG

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Kids say the darndest things, that and I'd stay away from people with katanas and face paint, ya know? It's common sense.

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Btu really though, how does a kid get in with black face paint, a ski mask, and a katakana (which would stick out of his bag if he put it in one) and nobody questions him?

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At 8/19/08 10:02 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Pfft, what a retard, Satan wants me, not him.

This is why we need you on General.

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Damn that kid stole my idea! Hard to be original these days...
I hate that everyone do these kind of things for something/someone. I would do it just for the laughs!

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He should of finished them off.