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A 17-year-old student escaped with stab wounds during a fight between a group of boys from Hoërskool Elspark in Germiston.
Video footage of the fight was shared on social media.
One of the teachers is seen trying to stop the fight. At the end, a student shouts that there is a knife that is picked up by one of the students.
The family of the 17-year-old, an eleventh-grader, said he was stabbed about five times and that he was at the hospital where one of his fingers will be sewn up.
The victim’s sister said the family was thankful that he was still alive, but disappointed in how the school handled the situation.
“My brother was stabbed a couple of times at school when he was attacked by one of the students. He went to the reception area to ask the receptionist to call an ambulance, as he had left his phone at home.
“The receptionist supposedly chased him away, but luckily one of the parents who stays in our neighborhood was at the school looking for his son.
“She saw my brother and immediately took him to the hospital. The school only called my mother to tell her that she had to go to school on Tuesday morning as my brother witnessed something important,” she said.
He said it was disappointing that the school never informed them of what happened.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi will visit the school today.
Lesufi said he was disturbed by another incident of school violence. Last week he witnessed another case of students fighting each other in Edenvale.
The department said it was not sure what might have sparked the fight, however it strongly condemned the incident.
“A necessary investigation and swift action is required against all perpetrators,” Lesufi said.
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