News24 reports that two KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) school security guards were brutally murdered and another was critically injured when attackers used a crowbar to butcher them in Hammarsdale, outside Durban, on Wednesday evening.  

Speaking at Ukusa High School, where the attack occurred, education MEC Kwazi Mshengu said Thursday:  "They were pushed into a classroom where they were butchered.  Two security guards succumbed to their wounds and the other was taken to hospital."  Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said they found the guards, aged 30 and 48, with wounds to their heads.  They were certified dead at the scene.  A crowbar was found next to them.  The discovery was made on Thursday morning, when the principal arrived at school.  Seemingly, the intention of the assailants had been to steal new equipment, but they could not gain access to the store room.  Mshengu said security at the school had since been heightened.  He also said he would speak to Minister of Police Bheki Cele about the increase in crime at schools.  In June, 48-year-old teacher Sboniso Nyawose was shot dead at Masuku Primary School in Folweni.

• Read the full original of Kaveel Singh’s report on the above story at News24
• Read too, KZN school principal stumbles upon security guards killed in robbery, at TimesLIVE

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