Pretoria – Several schools in Boksburg and surrounding areas were evacuated on Friday due to bomb threats.
The schools included Woodlands, Laerskool Witfield, Woodlands International College, Laerskool Concordia and Boksburg High.
Speaking to the Boksburg Advertiser, Principal of Boksburg High, Enoch Thango said they had received a call from what sounded like a young man who said there was a bomb in the school.
“I phoned the Boksburg SAPS to report this but nobody answered my call. Fortunately, one of our SGB members is an EMPD officer and she advised us to contact the EMPD.
“We evacuated the learners onto the field. The EMPD bomb disposal unit arrived and searched the school premises….
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