At about 12.50pm yesterday an unknown person hurled a petrol bomb (Molotov cocktail) at Roodepoort Primary and in the process set the principal’s motor vehicle on fire.
This comes after a protracted dispute between members of the community and the school. The group demands that the principal, who is black, be removed from her post and a coloured principal be appointed.
Since the dispute started last year numerous veiled threats of violence have been made.
No one was injured but a source said some of the children were severely traumatised.
The Roodepoort Police has confirmed the incident.
The Record is awaiting more comment from various sources.
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