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News24 reports that a 53-year-old Free State principal has died after he was shot in the head and stomach while walking towards his car on Friday.
According to the police, Andile Ketso, the principal of Mooifontein School in Zastron was killed just after 20:00 while walking from Basotho Bricks towards his car. "He sustained three bullet wounds on the head and one on the stomach. He was certified dead on the scene by [emergency medical service]," a police spokesperson reported. The suspect and motive for Ketso's killing are still being investigated. Ketso's murder follows a series of pupil stabbings in the province. Two pupils - in grades five and ten - died after they were allegedly stabbed by fellow pupils in unrelated incidents, while a matric pupil was admitted to hospital after he also became a victim of a stabbing.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Cebelihle Mthethwa at News24
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