Pupils and community leaders attacked police with rocks.
"The Eldorado police accompanied by their youth desk members this morning arrived at the Freedom Park Secondary School as per their arrangement with the school's principal the previous day, to search for drugs and dangerous weapons," Muridili said.
She said the police were in partnership with the department of education to prevent, manage and respond to incidents of crime and violence in schools. "As part of the ongoing school safety programme, prevention of crime in schools is ensured with random searches that are conducted. "The police were conducting a random search for drugs and dangerous weapons when the learners allegedly started throwing stones," she said."It is encouraging that some of the learners that were involved in this violent behaviour have been apprehended by the police and will face the full might of the law," Lesufi said.
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