Guyana po­lice have said the sec­ondary school girl who al­leged­ly caused the death of 19 of her school­mates when she set on fire the dor­mi­to­ry of the Mah­dia Sec­ondary School last Mon­day, will be charged with mur­der.

Head of the Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment, As­sis­tant Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Wen­dell Blan­hum, said the de­part­ment ar­rived at this de­ci­sion fol­low­ing le­gal ad­vice.

The girl, who is said to be old­er than 14-years-old, would be charged as an adult, al­though Guyana’s ju­ve­nile law pro­hibits the nam­ing of ac­cused or con­vict­ed chil­dren.

DNA re­sults of the un­recog­nised re­mains of the de­ceased stu­dents have since been re­turned, con­firm­ing their iden­ti­ties.

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Source: CANA News