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News24 reports that on Friday a teacher at Kagiso Senior Secondary School in Gauteng allegedly shot dead an intruder who had stabbed him with a knife.
According to the Gauteng Department of Education, the intruder gained access to the school through the main gate when it was remotely opened for a car to drive in. He proceeded to the administration block and demanded to see the principal, but was told that the principal was in a meeting and could not see him at that time. The man found teachers in the staff room attending a meeting and allegedly held them hostage. Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello reported further: “According to a preliminary report, one of the teachers managed to escape and fired one shot in the air. The man charged at the teacher, stabbing him in the arm, and the teacher shot him. The man was certified dead on the scene and the teacher was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment." The department said its psychosocial unit would be dispatched to the school on Monday to offer counselling to pupils and teachers. Meanwhile, Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said the department would be beefing up security at schools. He made this commitment after the fatal stabbing of a Grade 10 pupil from Geluksdal Secondary School in Brakpan on Thursday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Cebelihle Mthethwa at News24
- Read too, Man killed after holding teachers hostage, at SowetanLive
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