Student teacher shot in head at Durban school

A student teacher was shot in the head at a school in Newlands West in Durban on Tuesday.

6,853 confiscated firearms were involved in murder cases in the past five years. Stock photo.
6,853 confiscated firearms were involved in murder cases in the past five years. Stock photo. (123RF)

A student teacher was shot in the head at a school in Newlands West in Durban on Tuesday.

Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said its paramedics together with Netcare 911 responded to the scene just after 8am.

“On arrival on scene a male believed to be about 30 years of age was found lying on the roadway next to a vehicle. Closer inspection found the man to have sustained a single gunshot wound to the head and he was in a critical condition,” he said.

Emergency care practitioners worked to stabilise the man before he was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital for further care.

“The circumstances surrounding the incident and the events preceding it are unclear and will form the subject of a SA Police Service investigation,” said Van Reenen.

This is a developing story.

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