According to the parents, a tragedy was averted when the safe and a wall, located in the deputy principal's office at Kwena-ya Madiba High School in Jericho, were sawed off by members of the community and the police to let the children out.
"When we got to the school, we called out for them, and through the walls the kids told us they could not breathe. No one had the keys to the safe, so we started to look for a saw machine. It was terrifying. By the time we eventually let the kids out it was nearly midnight. We don't think these kids would have survived the night. Now, we are all wondering what his actual intention with them was," Tsotetsi said.
Another learner, 16-year old Kagiso Menyoko's aunt Celina, said she was at first suspicious and then terrified when her nephew failed to arrive home by 5.30pm because it was uncharacteristic.
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