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Daily News reports that armed robbers posing as parents wanting to register a child at Buhlebethu Primary School in Inanda robbed teachers in the staff room and shot another while they were fleeing.
Police reports state that on Wednesday, at midday, two men came to the primary school north of Durban with a young boy. They informed security that they had come to register the boy and the guard then took the men to the principal in the staff room. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele related further: "They then started to rob the teachers. They pointed a gun at the teachers. The men took a laptop and cellphones. As they were leaving the school they bumped into another teacher who was passing by. They shot him twice in the abdomen. The teacher was taken to hospital for medical attention. The suspects fled the scene on foot." The injured teacher is in a serious condition in hospital. Four men, aged between 19 and 21, were later arrested in KwaMashu and four cellular phones taken during the robbery were recovered. They will appear in court on Friday. The National Professional Teachers' Organisation of SA (Naptosa) said they were concerned that violence in schools continued and would continue to put pressure on the education department to meet an acceptable standard of security.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Zainul Dawoo at Daily News
- Read too, KZN Education MEC condemns attack on primary school teacher, at The Mercury
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