A Durban school teacher has been shot dead on the school premises.
Netcare 911's Shawn Herbst says their paramedics responded to reports of a shooting at a school on Gaze Makhanya Avenue in Folweni just after 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
Reports from the scene indicate that an unknown man had entered the school premises and fired multiple shots at a 48-year-old male teacher who was walking down a passage at the time.
The victim was struck in the head and abdomen.
Herbst says Netcare 911 Paramedics assessed the man but his injuries were too severe and he was declared dead on the scene
The school has been quarantined by the Folweni SAPS who are on scene.
Circumstances leading up to the shooting will be investigated by the SAPS.
The name of the teacher has not yet been released.
