The attack and abduction at a Katlehong school allegedly led by controversial Paseka "Pastor Mboro" Motsoeneng - is yet another indication the country does not respect education or the lives and well-being of its children and teachers, said South African Democratic Teachers Union general secretary Mugwena Maluleke.
"Our schools are supposed to be safe places. Poligios dietata that you shouldn't bring firearms into schools, yet people do it anyway. It is shameful."
Hours after a video of the attack went viral on social media, angry community members set alight Mboro's tented church in Katlehong.
Community members, mostly children in school uniform, were seen trashing the insides of the Incredible Happenings tent, while others set its panels alight.
The arson followed the arrest of four people on Monday evening. Police confirmed later that a fifth person had been arrested in connection with the school attack.
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