Sacked Teacher Stabs Primary School Head In Soweto

A female primary school head teacher has been critically wounded after being stabbed multiple times in front of pupils in the South African township of Soweto.

The attack has shocked the country.

The assailant was reportedly a teacher who had been sacked for allegedly falsifying his qualifications.

“As she opened her car door, he pulled her out of her car and stabbed her several times. Some of the bystanders started shouting and screaming,” said police spokesman Captain Kay Makhubele.

The headteacher’s daughter told the local 702 radio station that her mother, a principal of Paul Mosaka Primary School in Soweto’s Pimville area, was in a critical condition in hospital:

Locals tried but failed to apprehend the man, who was later arrested. He faces charges of attempted murder and malicious damage to property.

Provincial Police Minister Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane said security in some schools was a serious concern and needed to be tightened, reports the BBC.