Police in Ssembabule district are hunting for a parent who raided Kirembe Muslim Primary School with a machete and canned the headteacher for sending back his son for school requirements.
The suspect has been identified as Abdul Magezi for beating up Jamiruh Mwanje, the Headteacher of Kirembe Muslim Primary School in Lwebitakuli sub-county.
According to Yakubuh Mwambala the Officer in Charge of Lwebitakuli Police Station, Magezi, who was armed with a club and machete raided the school on Tuesday evening, causing a stampede before pouncing on the headteacher and beating him up.
Magezi inflicted injuries on Mwanje after assaulting him with a club while threatening to hack him with a machete.
The victim told Police that trouble started when he sent Magezi’s son for his birth certificate to enable the school to register him for the final examinations. Besides the physical attacks, the headteacher also suffered emotional trauma because the scuffle occurred in full view of the learners.
Detectives have recorded statements from the victim and eyewitnesses who confirmed the incident. “I sent officers to his home but they reached after the suspect had fled but our hunt for him is still on. He will certainly be arrested and held accountable for his actions,” he noted.
The suspect was allegedly too furious and declined to listen to any explanations that were being offered to him.
Mwanje says that schools had earlier reminded parents of the need to submit their children's birth certificate as a requirement for registration but Mwanje did not comply with the request.
