Two teachers and one of their spouses were held at gunpoint and robbed outside Arlington Primary School in Westham, Phoenix, on Wednesday morning.
They were confronted by armed robbers in in school’s carpark at around 7am.
Prem Balram from Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) confirmed the incident.
“Reaction Officers were dispatched at approximately 7.19am after receiving reports of a robbery in progress. On arrival, officers established that three armed suspects had arrived in a white VW Golf and held up the teachers,” he said.
According to Balram the robbers fled with belongings of the victims.
These included: a BMW sedan bearing the number plate Vashika GP, two cellphones, two laptop computers and a handbag with an undisclosed sum of money.
A Mrs Mabasa, a teacher at the school who also serves as the School Governing Body (SGB) treasurer said the two teachers were traumatised and left school early following the robbery.
She said they were “shaken up”.
Another taff member said people at the school were “uneasy” and worried for their safetly presently.
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