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A parent was shot and killed on Tuesday afternoon while trying to intervene during an attempted hijacking, the Gauteng education department said.
The shooting happened at Faranani Primary School in Soweto.
Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said pupils witnessed the incident, which took place at the school's main gate.
A 38-year-old woman had been parked outside the school at around 13:30, when three men pounced on her and demanded car keys, said police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo.
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"It is alleged that the man who witnessed the hijacking tried to intervene [and] the suspects shot at him. The suspects jumped into the woman's vehicle and drove away. The man was certified dead on the scene," said Masondo.
Education MEC Matome Chiloane will visit the school on Wednesday morning. He described the slain parent as brave, saying he lost his life trying to prevent a crime.
He said the department would provide psychological support to pupils and staff who may be traumatised by the incident.
"We have committed to dispatching our psychological team to the school to provide the necessary counselling and support to all those who witnessed the incident, and others who may have been traumatised by it," said the MEC.
