SHS Students Attack Journalist In Koforidua

A reporter with the Daily Graphic in Koforidua, Damalie Emmanuel Pacome, has been attacked by students of Bright Senior High School in Akyem Kukurantumi. The students holding Knives, cutlasses, sticks and stones chased the Journalist who was in the school to verify reports of attacks on invigilators by the students. They

reportedly accosted and seized his mobile phone in the school. Sensing danger, the Journalist took to his heels for safety but was pursued for about fifteen minutes by the mob of students from school towards Kukurantumi township. Some of the students reportedly jumped on on a motorbike to cross the Journalist on the way and

hit him several times with sticks, seized his bag too and attempted to lynch him but a commercial driver rescued him into his vehicle. The Journalist is visibly injured with cuts on the face and part of the body. The journalist has lodged an official report at Kukurantumi Police station where he has been issued Police Medical forms for the

treatment at Akyem Kukurantumi Community Hospital. The students were heard saying we have paid Ghc6000 bribes each you Journalists want us to fail. We will beat you up.