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Regional News from Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Source: Senyalah Castro
2019-07-17
A student died as a result of the riot
Authorities at Sandema Technical High School in Builsa North District, Upper East East Region, have temporarily closed the school today after rioting students rejected a breakfast prepared for 986 residents. this morning.
The school was closed at noon and students were asked to leave the campus following a District Security Council (DISEC) meeting held earlier in the day.
A clash erupted between students on campus Tuesday around midnight after some students refused to comply with the order given by the school's cadet corps to go to bed.
Vehicles and homes were set on fire in chaos, while students were wounded with machetes during the chaos.
One student died as a result of a gunshot wound and another girl, a girl, collapsed when police fired warning shots to restore calm.
District District Director David Afoko, who visited the school after the riots, announced the closure of the school.
He added that students had three weeks to return to school.
He added that a five-member committee will be set up to examine chaos-related issues.
The committee, he continued, will be made up of representatives from the school's board of directors, the security services, the district badembly and the Ghana Education Service.
"The DISEC will set up a five-member committee, we give the committee three weeks to submit a report, so we gave the students two weeks to come back and they will report on the 30th of this month," the WFD said in a statement. a telephone conversation.
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