A picture of sword killer Morne Harmse, taken minutes before the attack, is being circulated on the social networking service MXit, The Times reported on Tuesday.

The picture, taken with a cellphone camera, shows Harmse in his school uniform, wearing a black mask and black gloves.

Harmse had planned with three friends to do something at school "so that the other children would notice us", but his friends pulled out on the day of the attack.

The photo was taken on the morning of 18 August at the Nic Diederichs Technical High School in Krugersdorp.

It is not clear who took the picture.

Harmse, who pleaded guilty last week to killing fellow pupil Jacques Pretorius, 16, will be sentenced on 15 June.

He slashed Pretorius with a sword and attacked and injured another pupil, Stephan Bouwer, and two school employees, Lesiba Manamela and Tshiamo Kodisang, last August.

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