Two female students from the Linden Foundation Secondary School were yesterday arrested in connection with the horrific incident where a 15-year-old girl of the same institution was stabbed on Thursday.
The student was stabbed in the back by her schoolmate during a fight not far from the school. The injured student is currently a patient at the Linden Hospital Complex where she is said to be in the Intensive Care Unit nursing multiple injuries stemming from the stabbing. According to Commander of the Regional Division, Superintendent Hugh Winter, two sisters have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of the student. A team from the Ministry of Education including the Minister, Nicolette Henry, visited the school and also the teen in the hospital on Friday.
Reports indicate that the teen suffered a broken rib and injuries to her stomach, lung and spleen. The teen’s brother told Stabroek News that the incident has left the family traumatised and that the child is currently in critical condition at the hospital. He noted that she is currently unable to walk and is being kept on saline as she is unable to eat due to the injuries. The child’s mother told Stabroek News that she wants something to be done about the incident and she is trusting God that her child recovers to the state she was in before the incident. The mother related to Stabroek News that only on Friday she was shown a video in which a male student took the hand of the other female student who fought with her daughter and slapped her daughter, this she said was how the fight began.
She went on to say that she received information that when her daughter got injured, she was asking passing taxi drivers for help to be taken to the hospital and she was neglected. “The tool was already in this child back, until she fell then the woman put her in a passing vehicle and took her to the hospital,” the mother said. She added that before she went to the hospital on Thursday, she stopped at a police outpost and reported that her child had been stabbed. “This thing is a premeditated act. I would like to say, is this child a school child in her uniform with an instrument (knife) in her bag” Lyte said while adding that one teacher from the school visited her at the hospital and claimed that they always check students’ bags at the gate. She questioned that if that was the case, how could that child have such a large knife in her bag. “She walk with that knife to do somebody something” the mother said.
Commander Winter noted that that the teens are in custody and they are working together with a welfare officer as the investigation continues and the police are seeking advice on the matter.
