Man claims he was assaulted by pupils who mistook him for thief

What appears to have been a case of mistaken identity has left a young Nelson Mandela Bay man with a bloodied and battered face after 13 school pupils allegedly pelted him with stones on Wednesday morning.

As Moegamat Natheer waited for an ambulance and the police to arrive at St Thomas Secondary School in Gelvandale, close to where the incident took place, his face was still swollen and dripping with blood...

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