Mediation for BB Coke students in stabbing incident
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Two BB Coke high school students charged for stabbing each other had their bails extended when they appeared in the Santa Cruz Children’s Court, St Elizabeth on Friday.
The boys, who are charged with unlawful wounding, will meet with a probation officer for mediation. They are to return to court on September 8, 2022.
The boys were charged following an altercation they had in Junction in the parish on June 8. A video of the incident went viral on social media.
The video shows the two grade 10 male students in a tussle before wielding what appeared to be knives at each other. One of the students attempted to escape from the other but was stabbed in his lower back, while other students hurled expletives.
The incident forced the police in St Elizabeth to increase their presence in major towns in the parish and ramp up operations in search of offensive weapons at schools.
READ: Increased search operations planned for St Elizabeth schools – police
