Police seized the firearm after pupil fires shots at primary school.
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting the principal of Primrose Primary School in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, the 51-year-old school principal was taken to a local hospital.
Circumstances that led to the shooting incident are unknown at this stage. Police have launched an investigation into the incident and to also establish the origin of the firearm.
Police have seized the firearm.The teenager is expected to appear before the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder.
This is a developing story
Last year, the Gauteng Department of Education deployed patrollers to several schools in Dobsonville following reports of an unknown group terrorising schools in the area.
This followed an Urban News Report in August, detailing an incident at the George Khosa Secondary school, where a group of armed males forcefully entered the school through the front gates and proceeded to a few classrooms creating chaos.
“Our Psycho-Social Support team was dispatched to the school to provide the necessary support. Learners and staff have been addressed, accordingly,” said GDE Spokesperson, Steve Mabona at the time.
“As the department, we continue to strongly condemn any acts of misconduct by anyone which seeks to undermine the dignity of our learning institutions.
“We urge all stakeholders not to disrupt schooling as lost contact time is not easily recovered.”
