A teacher at the Louw Wepener High School, in the Free State, fears for her life and that of her family after threats by a school gang, the Volksblad newspaper reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
According to the newspaper, the 666-gang threatened the teacher with death in a letter smeared with blood which was handed to her by pupils.<\/p>\n
The letter was an apparent attempt to intimidate her because she was enforcing discipline and had too much power.<\/p>\n
Local police confirmed to the newspaper that the teacher had received threatening phone calls.<\/p>\n
The threats had been referred to the police’s crime intelligence unit.<\/p>\n
“I would not allow that the threats stop me to fight for what was right,” the teacher told the newspaper.<\/p>\n
School principal Johann Smit said the police were doing patrols on the school’s premises, but he wanted the school hostel raided for dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n
Letters of complaints had been sent to the Free State department of social development, but no reaction had been received. – Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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