By Our Reporter
23rd June 2022
Mbarara High school has suspended all S.4 and S.6 candidates following a violent fight last night which prompted Police to fire tear gas to stop the clashes between the learners from the two candidate classes.
Preliminary findings indicated that the fight started when senior 4 students accused their senior 6 colleagues of assaulting their classmate. The fighting spilled into the neighboring community.
One of the students says the fight broke out when a senior 4 student asked his senior 1 colleague to fetch him water, which he refused prompting him to beat him. He says that the deputy head boy tried to punish the senior 4 student, a thing that didn’t go down well with his classmates.
Ezekiel Emitu, the Rwizi Region Police Commander, says that police responded to a distress call from the public citing misconduct by the students who had blocked the Mbarara Bushenyi road and were looting merchandise from shops.
Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, says that 11 senior 4 students sustained injuries during the fight. Ten of the students are admitted to Ruharo hospital and another to homily hospital.
Gidious Kareetwa, the Mbarara City Inspector of Schools blames the clashes on bullying, which isn’t acceptable.
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