School shooting
HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Children keep paying the price for US fanaticism over guns
We cannot allow ourselves to get used to a fire whose embers will simply not be allowed to turn to dead ash, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
America's powerful National Rifle Association kicked off a major convention in Houston Friday, days after the horrific massacre of children at a Texas elementary school, but a string of high-profile no-shows underscored deep unease at the timing of the gun lobby event.
The incident happened at the Lloyd Gymnasium in the port city of Bremerhaven.
Two agents, a campus law enforcement officer and a campus safety officer, were shot before the suspect fled the scene at the college in Virginia, Virginia State Police said in a statement on Twitter.
Pupils and staff at Phomolong Secondary School in Tembisa are mourning the death of deputy principal Thembisile Ngendane. Ngendane was gunned down at the school on 21 January 2022. Government officials visited the school and family on 24 January 2022.
Thulani Manqoyi was shot dead while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Heinz Park Primary School on Tuesday morning.
Nobuhle Manqoyi has pleaded with anyone who has information that could put her brother's attackers behind bars to come forward.
Thulani Manqoyi was shot dead while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Heinz Park Primary on Tuesday morning.
Thulani Manqoyi was shot several times while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Heinz Park Primary on Tuesday morning.
The shooting happened at Heinz Park Primary earlier on Tuesday morning.
The people responsible for the shooting are still at large and the motive for the killing is not yet known.
A principal has been shot and killed at Buyani Primary School in Finetown, South of Johannesburg, on 18 June 2021. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi visited the school where learners were sent home following the tragic incident. Gauteng Department of Education spokesperson Steve Mabona confirmed that the shooting was not the first in the area, saying two other educators had been gunned down recently.
The principal - who has now been identified as Lazarus Baloyi - was shot dead on the school premises on Friday morning.
It's understood that the shooting happened at Buyani Primary in Finetown on Friday morning.
News agencies reported that two unidentified people had carried out the shooting and one, a 17-year-old, had been detained.
A suspect described as a male Asian in black clothing was still at large, the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff said on Twitter.
Two pupils were shot and wounded when a firearm went off while one of the teenagers was apparently playing with it.
Douglas County District Judge Theresa Slade, who presided over both proceedings, ordered the two suspects to remain held without bond pending their next court hearings, set for Friday, when formal charges are expected to be filed.
It is understood the victim had been picking up a pupil when the shooting occurred.