Pietermaritzburg – Video footage showing a boy being stabbed to death at a KwaZulu-Natal school has gone viral, it was reported on Wednesday.

The footage shows 18-year-old Bongani Nkabinde in a fight with several other pupils at a school in northern KwaZulu-Natal, Eyewitness News reported. 

The incident happened on Monday and seven youngsters have been arrested.

Police said a number of weapons had been found at the scene including knobkerries and sticks. 

A number of violent incidents at school across the country have been reported recently including in Cape Town, Johannesburg and the Eastern Cape.

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