A violent clash between students of Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) and Kumasi Anglican Senior High School (KASS) in the Ashanti Region has resulted in the destruction of properties on both campuses.The confrontation saw students setting car tires ablaze and pelting stones at each other. In the chaos, four private vehicles parked at KASS were damaged, while the main gate, billboard, and notice board at KTI were vandalized.

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Principal of KTI, Gabriel Kingsford Osei, alleged that students from KASS initiated the violence by attacking his school’s billboard with stones and machetes on Thursday night."I pushed my students to the dormitory to prevent any chaos and went to talk to the students of KASS, but they disobeyed me. In the midst of them was a security person with a catapult, leading them to cause destruction.

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"When I went to the school to speak with the authorities to calm nerves, the KASS students were still throwing stones, which led to the retaliation," he claimed.However, a tutor at KASS, Rev. Father Kenneth Collins Owusu, suggested the clashes could be linked to tensions from the ongoing inter-school athletics event in Kumasi."The least argument between our students and KTI often leads to these confrontations.

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When a group is provoked, they mobilize their colleagues for such attacks," he said.The Ashanti Regional Education Directorate has summoned officials from both schools to address the issue and prevent future incidents.Police intervened to restore order, but no arrests have been made as investigations continue.

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