Education think tank, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has condemned a viral video circulating on social media that shows a student from Accra Academy Senior High School using a cutlass to flog two of his peers.
The disturbing footage prompted swift action from the school’s management, which has issued a statement detailing the steps taken to address the incident and maintain order.
In a Facebook post, the Executive Director of Eduwatch, Kofi Asare, strongly criticized the violent incident at Accra Academy.
He further applauded the school management’s decision to collaborate with law enforcement agencies in investigating the incident.
“I condemn the violence at Accra Academy. I am pleased that school authorities have involved the police to handle this criminal act,” he wrote.
The management of Accra Academy Senior High School has confirmed that the perpetrator has been handed over to the police for further investigation.
The footage, which surfaced on social media, shows a student brutally flogging two others with a machete.
The victims, first-year students Samuel Ussher, Kingsford Quayson, Stephen Oteng, and Dominic Awuku Adjei, were allegedly attacked by final-year students Haleem Jibril, Ahmed Dauda, and Richard Ninsin, along with first-year student Shadad Aliu.
According to the school’s management, preliminary investigations revealed that the machete was brought from home, not taken from school premises.
All students involved, identified as day students, have been asked to stay away from school pending further investigation.
Viral machete attack: Accra Academy hands over student to Police