Over 30 students of the Islamic Senior High School at Abrepo in the Ashanti Region have been hospitalized after an alleged clash with the police on Monday, June 13.

This comes after some students took to the streets to register their displeasure over the increase in pedestrian knockdowns involving students and teachers of the school.

The protesting students who were demanding the construction of speed rumps blocked the Abrepo Junction-Barekese, thereby causing vehicular and human traffic for more than an hour.

With the massive roadblocks, residents who ply the road called the police service to clear the roadblock and maintain law and order.

In their quest to disperse the demonstrating students, the Police allegedly opened tear gas on the protesting students.

Some of the students were said to have gone unconscious and others injured as a result of gas.

Ambulances have been procured to transport the injured students to the hospital, while police presence in the school has intensified.

Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Mrs Mary Owusu Afriyie has refuted the alleged casualties among some students.

According to her, no casualties have been recorded following the clash between students of Islamic SHS in Kumasi and the Police.

Source: The Independent Ghana