{"id":664884,"date":"2019-07-26T09:10:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>At least 50 students in Mbale Municipality have been hospitalised after they inhaled teargas.<\/p>\n<p>The students were involved in a fight that broke out between Mbale Secondary School and Mbale High school over a botched love affair.<\/p>\n<p>"},"modified":"2019-07-26T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:10:15","slug":"police-arrest-30-students-50-hospitalized-after-fight-over-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/26\/police-arrest-30-students-50-hospitalized-after-fight-over-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 30 students, 50 hospitalized after fight over girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At least 50 students in Mbale Municipality have been hospitalised after they inhaled teargas.<\/p>\n<p>The students were involved in a fight that broke out between Mbale Secondary School and Mbale High school over a botched love affair.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that during the fracas, police fired teargas canisters into Mbale S.S compound, leaving students and teachers scampering for safety.<\/p>\n<p>The injured students have been admitted at Mbale referral hospital, Joy Hospice, Viena Clinic, Mbale general clinic, among others.<\/p>\n<p>One of the students admitted at Mbale referral hospital says the fight started after a student of Mbale SS attacked a student of Mbale high school, accusing him of falling in love with his long-time girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>The Elgon region police Spokesperson, Mr Robert Tukei confirmed the incident but dismissed the allegations that students were hospitalised because of inhaling teargas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe police only responded to stop the fight, which had broken out. If some of them were injured, they were injured during the fight not necessarily inhaling teargas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tukei, however, said over 30 students from respective schools have been arrested over inciting violence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citinewsroom-Ad-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that 30 have been arrested over inciting violence and they will be charged accordingly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The suspects are currently detained at Mbale central police station.<\/p>\n<p>He said they have started an investigation to find out the root cause of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Stephen Wambalo, the headteacher Mbale High School, said the admitted students inhaled teargas, which left them unconscious before they collapsed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen police intervened, it fired teargas, which left many of students screaming for help as they were choking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 50 students in Mbale Municipality have been hospitalised after they inhaled teargas. 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