Parents of some of the students of an East Coast Demerara Primary School, where a six-year-old was allegedly raped earlier this week, yesterday staged a protest yesterday to press for the removal of the accused perpetrators.
The parents showed up in front the school premises, where they voiced their concerns about the alleged attack, while expressing fear for their own children who attend the school.
The alleged attack occurred on Monday in a washroom. The perpetrators are said to be a group of boys from a higher grade.
The victim, this newspaper has been told, was threatened not to speak about the attack. As a result, he did not inform his parents what had occurred when he went home. It was not until he was about to shower that they noticed blood on his underwear and enquired what happened and learnt about the assault.
The Ministry of Education has since launched an investigation.
“The Ministry of Education wishes to advise that an incident involving students is actively being investigated and a number of stakeholders are involved in the matter,” the Ministry said in a terse statement issued on Thursday said.
Regional Commander of Region 4C (Industry-West of Mahaica Bridge) Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor yesterday told Stabroek News that a police investigation is also ongoing.
