Properties vandalised as Kumasi Technical and Kumasi Anglican engage in violent clash

According to a report by myjoyonline.com, the students, in violent reprisals, burned car tires and hurled stones and other objects.

The fracas resulted in the destruction of four private vehicles on the KASS campus, as well as the school gate, a billboard, and a notice board at KTI.

The Principal of KTI, Gabriel Kingsford Osei, claimed that KASS students initiated the attack by throwing stones and wielding machetes, leading to the vandalism of KTI’s billboard on Thursday night.

“I instructed my students to return to their dormitories to prevent any chaos and went to speak with the KASS students, but they disobeyed me. Among them was a security officer with a catapult, leading them to cause destruction. Even when I went to KASS to speak with their authorities to calm tensions, their students continued throwing stones, which led to retaliation,” he alleged.

However, a teacher at KASS, Reverend Father Kenneth Collins Owusu, suggested that the clash might have stemmed from arguments at the ongoing inter-school athletics event in Kumasi.

“The slightest argument between our students and KTI often escalates into these confrontations. When one group feels provoked, they mobilize their peers for such attacks,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the regional education directorate has invited authorities from both schools to find a lasting resolution to the situation.

The police have since brought the situation under control, though no arrests have been made yet.