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“Phagwah powder row” reportedly led to fracture of school boy’s skull
Kaieteur News – It was reportedly a “Phagwah powder row” that led to the fracturing of a schoolboy’s skull last Thursday outside of the compound of the New Silver City Secondary School, located in Wismar, Linden, Region 10.
Currently hospitalised with a fractured skull, Jaheim Straker.
This was related to Kaieteur News by sources close to the ongoing investigation into the matter.
The victim, Jaheim Straker, 16, is still hospitalised due to seriousness of his injury. In fact, the Linden Hospital Complex on Monday transferred him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for further treatment because it does not have a neurologist based there.
With regard to the investigations into the matter, Region 10 police on Monday informed Kaieteur News that the juvenile accused of fracturing Straker’s skull was arrested and interviewed by investigating ranks.
Commander of the Region 10 Police division, Hugh Winter said that although the child was arrested and a statement was taken from him, he will not be kept in police custody while the investigation continues.
A Welfare Officer attached to the Ministry of Education has also been assigned to the case and will assist police with the investigations.
Sources close to the investigation related that the suspect told investigators that the conflict, which ended violently, had started earlier on Thursday – the day Straker’s skull was fractured.
The suspect reportedly claimed that Straker would always bully him and on that morning, students were reportedly playing Phagwah in the class. He did not want to take part but someone still proceeded to throw “Phagwah powder” on him. The juvenile alleged that he did not see who threw the powder on him but he “thought that it was Straker and decided to confront him.”
The two became involved in a heated argument during which he allegedly cuffed Straker to his face and they began fighting.
He reportedly admitted that indeed a teacher had intervened to make peace between them and “put them to shake each other’s hands.”
However, he was still angry at Straker and decided to confront him again after “school was over.”
The juvenile was caught on a cellphone camera attacking and assaulting Straker with a piece of wood. This newspaper had reported that the violent assault on the schoolboy took place sometime after 14:00hrs last Thursday.
In the video, friends of the suspect were heard “cranking him up” before he lashed Straker twice to his head. The video ended there.
This newspaper learnt that Straker fell to the ground but had gotten up and walked to the Wismar riverside to catch a boat and head home.
It was reported that Straker wanted to relax a little before boarding a boat. While relaxing, he reportedly suffered a seizure and his friends who were with him at the time rushed him to a police station and reported the matter.
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