AUDIO: Richards Bay pre-school principal survives shooting
Listen to Adelle Muller's panicked voice message moments after Meerensee hi-jacking.
‘LET go! I am going to shoot you!’
These were the last words Play and Schoolroom pre-school principal, Adelle Muller heard before she was shot, while shielding a child with her body.
The principal of the Meerensee school and a four-year old boy, miraculously survived a hi-jacking by three armed men yesterday afternoon.
She was accosted in the driveway of the school in Perlemoen Street, while waiting in the driveway for the boy’s parents to fetch him.
Muller spoke to the Zululand Observer from the school this morning.
‘He knelt next to me and stuck the gun under my arm before pulling the trigger,’ said Muller.
‘I don’t know how I survived. It is a miracle’.
The vehicle has since been recovered in Kolstertkring and the suspects fled on foot.
The pre-schooler has been safely reunited with his parents.
Both will receive trauma counselling.
LISTEN to the voice message Adelle Muller sent to a parent minutes after the attack
For the full interview read the ZO Weekend edition out tomorrow.
Also read: Woman fights off hi-jackers to save son.
