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Mar 23, 2014 News
…Weapon goes off in classroom
A second grade student reportedly brought a loaded handgun to a city private school and it accidentally went off in her classroom.
Reports out from the school indicate that on March 13, last, the gun was discovered by another student who went into the seven-year-old’s bag for a pencil.
The pupil who found the gun purportedly believed it was a toy and whilst handling the weapon accidently fired it off in the classroom, hitting the blackboard.
No one was hurt in the incident and it was then taken away by school officials.
The parents were purportedly unaware the student took the weapon to school and there seems to be no criminal charges pending since the police claim that they have received no official report of the incident.
The school has since taken steps to handle the incident administratively.
Additionally, in response to concerns raised, the school’s Parent Teacher’s Association (PTA) held a meeting Friday last to discuss the issue.
This news comes in the thick of an ongoing gun crisis. Recently, it was announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs that gun-related robberies has seen a 62 per cent increase nationwide.
In January, Parliament unanimously amended the legislation in an effort to curb gun crimes in Guyana.
When assented to, the new law will see persons being prosecuted for having possession of even a component of a weapon with the possibility of serving up to ten years in jail and being fined up to $5M.
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