This happened during a robbery by two armed men who took about 32 computers and 2 Smart Boards from the school recently. According to one of the guards, two armed men arrived late at night last week.
“There were two of us standing at a fire. The men told us to tell them where the other guards were – which was evident that they knew the 2 guards were not the only guards on the premises that night.
“They then tied our hands and proceeded to other classrooms where the guards were. When they entered one of the classrooms, the guard who was inside asked them who they were and what they wanted. This was when they hacked his face with a steel pipe.
One of the guards also attempted to run away and go into some of the houses in Steelpark. One of the men carrying a gun chased him and said he would shoot if he did not stop running.”
The man says, “They punished me for trying to run away. They said that I thought I was clever and started beating me with the steel pipe all over my body.”
The men then collected all five guards and tied them up. The guards were then locked in a storeroom inside the school yard. “We tried to untie ourselves but some of us had been tied with wire. We were in the storeroom for hours.”
The guards say that they fear for their lives following the incident. “Our lives are in danger and the worst part is that we cannot protect ourselves.” The School is said to have been without an alarm system for quite some time now.
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