The playground at a Greyville school in Durban turned into a battlefield when a 14-year-old boy was stabbed on Thursday.
Paramedics said the teen was taken to City Hospital.
Emergency-G-med said the teenager was stabbed on his right hand during an altercation with a group of his schoolmates.
It is understood the incident was fuelled by gangs at the school.
This comes after a recent fatal stabbing at a school in Ntuzuma, northwest of Durban, in which a grade 10 pupil attacked another schoolboy.
This is a developing story.
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Pupil, 14, taken to hospital after school stabbing in Durban
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The playground at a Greyville school in Durban turned into a battlefield when a 14-year-old boy was stabbed on Thursday.
Paramedics said the teen was taken to City Hospital.
Emergency-G-med said the teenager was stabbed on his right hand during an altercation with a group of his schoolmates.
It is understood the incident was fuelled by gangs at the school.
This comes after a recent fatal stabbing at a school in Ntuzuma, northwest of Durban, in which a grade 10 pupil attacked another schoolboy.
This is a developing story.
TimesLIVE
Support independent journalism by subscribing to the Sunday Times. Just R20 for the first month.
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