There was a stand off between the police and the students on Tuesday night
A total of 45 students of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) were yesterday arrested by the police following a clash. Dozens were injured when the police swooped on the KTI campus after the students reportedly blocked the road leading to the school causing traffic.
There was a stand off between t
he police and the students on Tuesday night when the latter blocked the road in front of the school and prevented other cars from using the road.
An attempt by the police to disperse the students was met with resistance from the students who threw stones at them.
The police said after calling for reinforcement, they fired tear gas to disperse the students and chased them back to their campus.
Eyewitnesses allege that the police entered the campus, brutalised the students and later arrested some of them.
The students were peeved following the arrest of 11 students by the police over a clash between students of KTI and other students during the regional inter-schools athletic competition held at the Baba Yara Stadium.
The Ashanti Regional police Public Relations Officer, Mr Tanko Yussif, said the police were forced to use tear gas to disperse and arrest the students when the students threw stones at police and refused to move the barricade on the road in front of the school.
According to him, some policemen sustained injuries in the stand off and two vehicles belonging to the police were vandalised.
The students were celebrating their qualification to Super Zonals after placing 4th at the INTERCO.
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