KINGSTON Jamaica, – The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has condemned the brutal assault and murder of Price Johnson, a ninth-grade student of the Haile Selassie High School, on Thursday.

Price was killed when an intruder gained access to her home where she was sleeping and assaulted her before stabbing her multiple times.

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The ministry says it has since activated its trauma response team which visited the school early Friday morning to offer grief counselling to the students and staff.

Minister of Education Dana Morris Dixon expressed heartbreak over the tragedy.

“My heart goes out to the family of young Price Johnson, it is disturbing and heartbreaking to lose yet another youth to senseless violence. She could’ve been a future leader or advocate. While our regional guidance team has been at the school offering support, and will continue to do so as long as necessary, we are also calling on all Jamaicans to be more vigilant in protecting our nation’s children,” she said.

The ministry says it is committed to supporting the school family and is urging members of the public to come forward with any information that could assist in the arrest of the perpetrator, who was believed to be of unsound mind.