Cameroon:Students who set school building ablaze to jeopardize Baccalaureate exams arrested

They are four in question who have been arrested by security forces for setting up the Ayos Bilingual High School ablaze in order to jeopardize Baccalaureate exams.

The suspected students according to reports carried out the act on the evening of Friday, June 3, at about 10 pm.

“They arrived at the school in the night and used kerosene to set the building ablaze before taking to their heels,” revealed a source who happened to be one of the witnesses of the incident.

The 4 young people whose average age is 16 are accused of having set fire to the bilingual high school of Ayos. “The office of the guidance counselor was set on fire with the annual report cards of the pupils and the birth certificates”, A source in this school hinted MMI.

According to the same source, the students were “unhappy to have to return to class next year.” They decided to burn down the establishment.

The students are currently under exploitation in the hands of authorities.

By Amina Hilda

Mimi Mefo Info (MMI)

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