RIA RAM­BAL­LY

Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the as­sault of a School Safe­ty Of­fi­cer at the Bel­mont Sec­ondary School by two men, ear­li­er to­day.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands two armed men en­tered the school’s com­pound through a breach near the farm area. 

Health and Se­cu­ri­ty Of­fi­cer Sha­ka Wal­lace said he was pa­trolling the com­pound, when on ap­proach­ing the farm area, he bumped in­to two masked gun­men.

The Of­fi­cer was or­dered to walk to the back of the school and said he tried alert­ing stu­dents to what was un­fold­ing. 

How­ev­er, Wal­lace ob­served Po­lice Of­fi­cers near­ing the school and be­lieves that was what spooked the gun­men, who es­caped. 

Pres­i­dent of the School’s PTA Shur­lan­da Mal­com told Guardian Me­dia she was grate­ful for Wal­lace’s ef­forts but felt their pleas for the school to be re­paired have fall­en on deaf ears. 

Mal­com is ap­peal­ing to the Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter to vis­it the Bel­mont Sec­ondary School and see for her­self, how stu­dents and staff are at risk.