JUST IN: Teacher shot dead in Folweni
An unknown man allegedly entered the school premises at about 9am and fired multiple shots at the 48-year-old teacher.
A Folweni teacher was shot dead at a school on Gaze Makhanya Avenue in Folweni on Tuesday morning, 11 June.
Netcare 911 media liaison officer, Shawn Herbst said that reports from the scene allege that an unknown man entered the school premises at about 9am and fired multiple shots at the 48-year-old teacher who was walking down a passage at the time, striking him in the head and abdomen.
“Paramedics arrived on scene and assessed the man, but unfortunately his injuries were too severe and he was declared dead. The school has been quarantined by Folweni SAPS, who are on scene and will investigate the circumstances leading up to the shooting,” he said.
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