A brawl at the Government High School on Thursday resulted in one student detained in hospital in critical and two more were treated and later discharged. Parents were understandably outraged as they showed up to the school to check on and collect their children.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean told the media that police are still attached to the schools but cannot be everywhere at the same time.

Speaking mostly to Parliamentarians and Cabinet Ministers at the NGC meeting of the PLP on Thursday night, PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts expressed sadness at the level of murder and support for the families of the injured in the school melee. He called on the government to act with haste in establishing the school tracking and remediation component of the Citizen Security and Justice Initiative.

“Councilors, I am deeply saddened over the number of murders so far in 2017 generated mainly by young black men who have lost their way and senses. The event at the Government High School today was tragic and deeply troubling. The news of the incident travel fast and furious. On behalf of the PLP I extend support to the families of the victims as they struggle and travail to make sense of what occurred today.”

Mr. Roberts urged the government “to act with haste in the introduction of a new program for at-risk youth to be located at the former Bahamas Academy Seven Day Adventist School located on Wulff Road. This tracking and remediation system in addition to a comprehensive parole system – all part of the Citizens Security and Justice Program - will allow for better oversight and management of our at-risk youth and the reintroduction of ex-convicts into civil society.”

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