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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Please, this are students not criminals. Even if they are criminals,you don't need to beat but arrest.
KTI has been meting violence during the intercos and super zonals for a long time. it's about time they learnt some lessons
It is not true that the students were throwing stone.my office is around the Ash FM I saw what happened and i was surprised to see the policemen handling the students mercilessly.these students were not holding any thing in their hand they were just walking and singing together and because of their numbers they block the road and i was expecting the police to escort them.the police pretended as if they were moving away and the student even gave them way just for them to stop in the middle of the road and starting chasing and arresting the students, beating them mercilessly.The police did not act in a professional manner.can you imagined three big policemen holding a one small student and the way they were beating him.The police know if it come into public domain they will lie.The police people were supposed to protect the students.the way they were chasing them i was afraid,a car would have knock any of the students because they were running for their life.I was sad for what i saw yesterday.May God have mercy and protect our children not police people.
Those KTI guys are just ***barred word*** with no sense of respect for other student.They always abuse other students. They have to be banned forever from engaging in such activities. kudos to the police they deserve it. God bless Ghana police good job done