A high school learner in Cape Town is expected to appear in court today after being discovered with a firearm and ammunition on school grounds.
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This comes after recent shootings in several schools across the country.
In February, a Grade 6 student fatally shot his principal in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.
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Last Monday, a 46-year-old teacher in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, was shot multiple times on school grounds by two unknown gunmen.
‘On, Friday, 2 August 2024, members of the Makhaza Crime Prevention Unit were called to a school where they searched a student who was in possession of a firearm. The members confiscated an imitation firearm with eight rounds of ammunition. The 19-year-old male was arrested for the possession of an imitation firearm and the illegal possession of ammunition,’ said Western Cape police spokesperson Wesley Twigg.
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