A 14-year-old boy was on Monday fatally stabbed with a pair of scissors by a fellow pupil inside a classroom at Thuto Tiro Comprehensive School in Sebokeng.
Police said when they arrived they found a schoolboy with a stab wound in the chest. By the time an ambulance had arrived, the child was already dead.
A suspect had been arrested at the school in front of his parents and he will remain in custody until his court appearance.
Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said: "Unfortunately, the other learner died on the scene. It is quite sad that the MEC is rushing to the school just to understand what might have transpired there."
"The painful task of briefing parents that their child is no more ... Our sincere condolences to the family, friends and the school community," he said.
- African News Agency (ANA)
