By M.Dennise Nimpson|contributor
Monrovia- President George Manneh Weah has expressed dismay over news of the unfortunate shooting incident at the Cyber-Ed Christian School in Monrovia, which resulted into the death of the daughter of renowned Liberian Doctor, Philip Ireland.
The President conveys his heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and all those impacted by the tragedy.
President Weah said no parent should be made to go through the sad reality of burying a child under such inconsolable condition.
“My heart goes out to the grieving parents, family and friends and I pray that they can take solace in the bosom of the Lord”, the President said.
The Liberian leader has mandated the National Police, the Ministries of Education, Gender, Youth and Sports and other relevant agencies to work collaboratively with teachers’ unions, private and public schools’ administrations in order to develop and present a plan on how to prevent this sad event from happening again in the future and also address the growing problem of rowdiness and violence in many schools.
Suspects, Jovanus Oliver Turay, 16yrs and a person of interest, Matthew Gonkerwon, 17yrs were picked up early Tuesday morning April 13, 2021 at 8:00AMs by the Anti Robbery Unit of the Liberia National Police.
Police preliminary probe conducted by the School’s Principal, Mr. J. Emmett Chapin, revealed in his narration that he was urgently called at 7:45AM by one of his colleagues of a shooting sound heard on campus.
He further accounted that eyewitnesses and students saw the three (3) seated in one of the Classrooms listening to music via an earpiece and suddenly saw victim Precious lying unconscious after a gun sound.
The parents of the main suspect, Josia Saah and Sylvanus Turay (lives in the USA) have been cooperating to bringing their Legal Representations to extract statements from the suspected juveniles.
