Three Hamilton High School Upper Six pupils were arrested by police in Bulawayo for allegedly assaulting three Lower Sixth new comers as part of the school’s alleged initiation programme.
The incident occurred last week on Tuesday, just two weeks after Form Five pupils started their school year. When contacted by The Chronicle, Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Precious Simango confirmed the incident. She said the pupils, two aged 20 and one aged 18 admitted that to committing the offence and were fined. Simango also appealed to students to stop bullying each other. Said Simango:
We received a case of assault and bullying which happened at a local school. The three accused are said to have led their colleagues into a toilet where they beat them up which is not acceptable at law. We don’t believe schools condone such behaviour. As police we are appealing to high school students to desist from acts of bullying. We also encourage parents of victimised students to report the bullying cases to school authorities before engaging law enforcement agents.
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