More than 20 students
of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) are receiving treatment for injuries
sustained after clashing with police late Tuesday afternoon.
Class News’ Hafiz
Tijani, who visited the scene after the disturbances, said it all began when
some jubilant students of the school on their way back to campus after placing
third in the zonal inter-school sports competition at the Baba Yara stadium,
blocked the road leading from Amakom roundabout to KTI.
In addition to holding
up traffic, some students were also alleged to be disturbing motorists by
banging on their cars. Police rushed to the scene to control the situation,
instructing the students to use an alternative route so traffic flow would
resume. However, some students refused to heed the police’s orders with the
cops allegedly assaulting some students.
In retaliation, some
KTI students began to throw stones at the police who repelled the attacks by
firing tear gas and gunshots to disperse them. The police reportedly chased the
students to their dormitories and beat them up, leaving many with injuries.
The injured are at the
Anwiam hospital atAfful Nkwanta receiving treatment.
The principal of the
school, Joseph Abeiku Apre, condemned the actions of the police saying “it
should not be so” in “this civilised world that we live in”, adding that he was
moving to nearby police stations to find out if any of the students had been arrested
as he had been told.
Source: classfmonline
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