We Need To Act Fast Against Student Violence
Monday, November 05, 2018
Moral degradation amongst young people especially those who are still in school, and young people of school going age, is a big concern, which, unfortunately has been talked about several times, without any form of action. It is not the first time that student fights have ended up in fatality. Some time in 2015 a similar tragedy occurred where two students were fighting for a memory card, which led to the death of one of the students. These two are not the only fatalities that students have suffered at the hands of other students.
The latest tragedy is said to have claimed the life of an innocent young man who was trying to break up a fight between two gangs. It is reported that he was passing by, when he witnessed a fight between two camps, and tried to apply the voice of reason by convincing fellow students to resolve their issue, amicably.
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