Mocked For Being Fat, Then Stabbed To Death

[Weezer]

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20080808061415947C889347

Linda Zimase was known as Phumba because his classmates thought it was funny that he was fat like the cartoon warthog.

The 16-year-old boy was teased incessantly, had no friends and came home upset almost every day.

He preferred to walk away from fights and never stood up for himself, his sister Precious said on Thursday.

This week Linda died - stabbed to death in the Roodepark High School on the West Rand. It's alleged he was bullied by his attacker.

The two boys were in their woodworking class on Tuesday when the teasing started.

[Systematic Chaos]

1. Horrible. And similar things happen all too often.

RIP, Linda Zimase.

:cry:

[awoke_in_2003]

2. This is so sad...

but how sadistic is it that the parents named him Linda. My god, this ain't a Johny Cash song. They had to have known that would be one source of teasing by bullies.