Over 60 students of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi have been rushed to the hospital, following an alleged clash with the Police.

Some students who spoke on anonymity say the personnel were deployed to the school to maintain law and order but rather fired series of life bullets and pepper spray to dispersed the mob students.

Some students were injured as a result and were taken to the hospital. The victims were part of a group of students who blocked the Abrepo Junction-Barekese Road to protest pedestrian knockdowns involving students and teachers of the school. Angry students massed up on the road in protest, as they called for construction of speed rumps on that section of the road.

Academic work has been grounded as parents frequent the school to check on their wards, amid heavy security. Speaking to the media, the Spokesperson of the Education Ministry, Eric Opoku Mensah, said efforts are underway to bring the situation under control.

Sompaonline.com followed up to Sunthreso Government hospital where about 20 of the victims has been admitted and find out that majority of them are calm receiving treatment and two in a critical condition.

Meanwhile, Eric Opoku Mensah assured the angry parents calmed tempers.

“We’ve spoken to parents to remain calm; we have given them the assurance that any student found in this School is well. We are protecting them; we are ensuring that those that were taken to the hospital are safe – some have been brought back.

“We will engage the Urban Roads Directorate to ensure that some markings would be done on the road immediately. Even if that is done, that wouldn’t be an antidote to an accident occurring but again, we need to educate and advise our drivers who ply this road to be cautious when getting to a school junction,” he said.

Regional Director of the Service, Sommit Duut, says all the victims are responding to treatment.

He, however, stressed that they have not treated any traumatic injury like that of gunshot wounds.

According to him, the students rather suffered respiratory distress.

“All that we treated were just difficulty in breathing and people who were exhausted – we didn’t have any bloody situation.

“They [victims] are doing very well, they are responding to treatment; all of them are fine. As of now, we’ve not had any negative feedback from the hospital.”

Source…….sompaonline.com/Eric Murphy Asare