School robbery
Lesufi ‘devastated’ after equipment worth R3m stolen from Soweto school
These include office computers, computer lab equipment and learner’s smart boards.
Kwazulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu on Thursday said two of the men were found dead at the school this morning, while one was found wounded.
The 15-year-old allegedly assaulted a teacher and got away with 50 cellphones last week.
Police arrested two men on Thursday and Friday respectively, which brings to three those who have been handcuffed.
The suspects were handcuffed in the Johannesburg CBD on Friday after the stolen goods were found in a shop in the city centre.
The department says that the principal of Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa High School in Winterveldt was hijacked on Friday.
Earlier this week, three teachers were hijacked at ACJ Phakade Primary School in Nomzamo, Strand.
The incident occurred as the educators arrived at the school on Monday morning.
A man was arrested for the robbery on Saturday near the school when security guards on the premises responded to the alarm.
It's understood robbers broke into Die Fakkel High School in the early hours of Monday morning.
The principal was held up at gunpoint yesterday after armed robbers entered his office.