Principal, staff robbed at gunpoint at KZN secondary school

mojoman

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Two men, believed to be part of a group of four, have been arrested for this morning's armed robbery at a school outside Durban.​


The principal and administration staff of Brookdale Secondary School in Phoenix outside Durban are still traumatised after their harrowing ordeal of being confronted on the school premises, reportedly by a group of brazen intruders, on Tuesday morning.

The school principal, Devaraj Chetty, explained: “I was in my office with a staff member when I noticed somebody closing the office and admin doors

He went to investigate and, according to Chetty, two gun-wielding suspects approached him in his office.

“One suspect placed a firearm on my forehead and asked for a firearm to which I responded that we don’t have any weapons,” said Chetty.

The suspect then proceeded to take his Huawei P30, which was on a table, and fled.

Phoenix SAPS communications officer Captain Louise Naidoo confirmed the incident and said: “A security guard at the school later informed Chetty that he was held at gunpoint by two suspects and that a further two intruders were standing at the main gate to the school.”

He added that the guard’s cellphone was also taken. “Items taken from the admin staff include two laptops and two cellphones. The total value of the items stolen is estimated at R33 000. Phoenix trio crimes officers received information of two suspects that were part of the gang that committed the robbery. They proceeded to the location where the suspects were arrested and positively identified by a witness present at the station.”


 

mojoman

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Schools need to start upping their security, they seem to be a really soft target.
 

Jonny_9

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These brazen crimes (which would, in more cultured societies, be abhorred and be on mainstream news) will continue and increase in the current status quo of criminals having no fear of police and the related repercussions.

The policing and justice system in this country have become (like the Post Office, the railways, Eskom, the Ports Authority, Home Affairs etc,) another clear manifestation of the AA and BEE policies which we know are garbage, but are smirked at for calling out. Awful junk.

Btw- wtf have specifications of the cellphone to do with the news report of the crime.

Thoughts are with the victims. Sorry that this kind of crime is becoming normalised.
 

mojoman

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These brazen crimes (which would, in more cultured societies, be abhorred and be on mainstream news) will continue and increase in the current status quo of criminals having no fear of police and the related repercussions.

The policing and justice system in this country have become (like the Post Office, the railways, Eskom, the Ports Authority, Home Affairs etc,) another clear manifestation of the AA and BEE policies which we know are garbage, but are smirked at for calling out. Awful junk.

Btw- wtf have specifications of the cellphone to do with the news report of the crime.

Thoughts are with the victims. Sorry that this kind of crime is becoming normalised.
Plain and simple...
Alas the mentally challenged cANCer cannot see this...
 

Glock26

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Jeez SAPS!!
Surely you guys know of isolated places where you can start taking positively id'd perps where you can put them on their knees and put a bullet in the back of their heads?
I know some will think that's naughty. But trust me, the rest of us will just say thank you.
It's win win.
 

Flanders

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Jeez SAPS!!
Surely you guys know of isolated places where you can start taking positively id'd perps where you can put them on their knees and put a bullet in the back of their heads?
I know some will think that's naughty. But trust me, the rest of us will just say thank you.
It's win win.

It's the same as our neighbourhood watch groups warning of dangerous smash & grab intersections in the area. They're known problem areas, ffs. Wait for them in plain clothes and then fsck them up. If more return then fsck them up again. Pretty soon they'll learn. But, no. I know where to find my local SAPS. At the KFC up the road is where - no sarcasm.
 
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