South Africa: "Mommy Mommy, They Just Shot Dylan!"

5 November 2018

Dylan Pelton, a teenage victim of Bonteheuwel's gang violence, would have turned 20 on 5 November

"I look smart, hey?" Dylan Pelton asked his mother, wearing a black suit, black shirt, red bow tie and a red rose pinned to his left lapel. It was a warm evening on 1 December 2016. The school holidays were approaching and Dylan, 18, was going to a matric ball.

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