Students from the Islamic Senior High School in Abrepo, Ashanti Region, staged a protest that turned fatal after police allegedly sprayed tear gas at them.
According to reports, at least 30 kids were brought to the hospital after collapsing.
The students were demonstrating over frequent road accidents in front of the school and blocked the road in front of their school.
They claimed they had made multiple requests to the appropriate authorities to install speed ramps, but to no avail.
The police were called to intervene during their demonstration. To clear the roadblock and disperse the demonstrating crowd, authorities used tear gas, which knocked some of the students out and left others in excruciating pain.
Citinewsroom.com reported that ambulances were called to transport the affected students to the hospital.
Some parents who heard about the situation stormed the school to ascertain the safety of their wards
“I heard there is a scuffle in the school and the police attacked the students, shooting and beating them. I heard the police chased them even into their dormitories and were beating the girls. I feel very bad seeing school children on the floor unconscious. Everybody is messed up here,” a parent said, as quoted by citinewsroom.com.
Meanwhile, police presence at the school has increased in order to prevent the conflict from escalating.
