Investigation into the circumstances of the death of a student at a school in Riyadh

The General Administration of Education in Riyadh issued a statement to clarify the circumstances of the death of a primary school student on Monday morning.

General Administration of Education, death of a student after an argument with his colleague Monday morning at Beshr bin Walid primary school, west of Riyadh.

Ali Al-Ghamdi, spokesman for the Directorate General of Education in Riyadh, said the school's surveillance cameras documented the dispute between the two sixth-grade students, stressing that a number of teachers had tried to help this student and that the Red Crescent had been contacted, before being transferred to King Khalid University Hospital. But he died on the way to the hospital.

He added that while the Education Branch of the Riyadh region shared the family of the deceased student, she asserted her willingness to investigate the facts and to know the details of all the causes of death. A Riyadh committee is studying this issue in coordination with the relevant authorities.

The Ministry of Education of the Riyadh region expressed its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and to the family of the school, as well as to the administrative and administrative staff and classmates , asking Mawla – Azogel – to release him from his mercy and forgiveness.