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Student chopped, stabbed at LBI school by gang

May 18, 2012 News

–  Assailants storm premises two days later

Police are currently investigating the chopping and stabbing of a 16-year-old schoolboy by a gang on Monday afternoon last at LBI (La Bonne Intention) Primary School. The gang members subsequently created more unease when they returned two days later (Wednesday) in search of the Headmistress and another teacher who were investigating the incident.
Kaieteur News understands that the victim and a friend were standing at the school’s gate around 14:30 hrs, when a gang of about six men approached them and started to punch the victim.
The boy, a 10th grader, reportedly then struggled to make his way back into the school’s compound, while his friend with whom he was standing, hurriedly made his way home on foot.
As the lad was almost into the school building, he received a chop from a cutlass to the back of the head. It is alleged that as he staggered to get up, he was also stabbed in the abdomen with an ice-pick.
The wounded teen was left to bleed at the entrance of the lower flat of the school as his attackers escaped upon hearing the sound of footsteps.
Many were of the opinion that had the teen not tried to make his way back into the school’s compound, he would have been killed, especially since the attackers only fled because of an approaching teacher.
The same teacher immediately rushed the injured teen to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he received treatment and was sent home.
When Kaieteur News visited the school yesterday, some of the students were still gossiping about what had happened to their colleague. And while some of the teen’s friends maintained that he had no rivalry with anyone, several other students said that they believed the lad’s attackers were the cousins of a boy he had a confrontation with earlier in the week.
“Is de same boy wha he de chuck. De boy went and bring he cousin dem pon he,” one student remarked.
Efforts to contact the teen’s grandmother proved futile.
Meanwhile, while that incident occurred on Monday, the attackers invaded the school at about 12:45 hrs on Wednesday carrying weapons, and questioning a cleaner about the whereabouts of the Headmistress and another teacher.
Kaieteur News spoke with a staff member who noted that the attackers were young men. The staffer said that they barged into the school demanding to know the whereabouts of the Headmistress and a first form teacher.
The witness also said that at least one of the young men was carrying a gun, while the others had cutlasses.Their faces were wrapped with rags.
Some persons believe that the assailants might not have been aware that the students had a double session (half day). Parents and teachers were all noticeably tense at the school yesterday.
Investigations by the Ministry of Education and Police are continuing.

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