SowetanLive reports that the female head of the Baviaanspoort Maximum Prison in Roodeplaat, Pretoria, was allegedly stabbed in the face by an inmate serving a life imprisonment sentence.  

Apparently, the official was on duty and attended to complaints about three other inmates in her office on Sunday.  The inmate allegedly walked into the office and took out a knife and stabbed her close to the eye.  The suspect is allegedly a member of a notorious "numbers gang" called 26s who believe in stabbing officials for promotion and for respect in their gangs.  "The official was fortunate, because there were three other officers and three other inmates present and she was rescued and taken to hospital to receive medical attention," a source indicated.   He commented further as follows:  "If the officers were not present for assistance, she could have been kidnapped and raped and even fatally wounded.  The department is taking chances by exposing females to such conditions of dangerous inmates serving life time imprisonment in all regions.

• Read the full original of Promise Marupeng’s report on the above at SowetanLive

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