2024-03-21 13:24:50
It is a drama of incredible violence which shook the peaceful locality of Mazebouag, in the district of Mboanz, Haut Nyong department, Eastern region, this Wednesday, March 20, 2024. As exclusively reported by 237online. com, your reference online media, a tragic accident involving a Preparatory Course (CP) student degenerated into a series of acts of unspeakable brutality, plunging an entire community into turmoil and grief.
A common student accident turns into a nightmare
It all started as an ordinary day at Mazebouag public primary school. As usual, a teacher sent students to fetch water from a nearby spring. It was during this chore that the drama unfolded. A first grader, in his rush, tripped over a stone and rolled down the hill, ending up in the swamps below. Despite the rapid intervention of a teacher who dove in to rescue him, the child, although still alive, was in poor condition.
A father mad with pain and rage sows terror
It was then that the student’s father, a certain Yekini, arrived, informed of the accident. But instead of joining the effort to save his son, he descended into a mad and destructive rage. Armed with a stick, he began to indiscriminately beat everyone present. The school principal, who arrived in the meantime, was the main target of his fury. Yekini struck him three violent blows with a machete, to the wrist and head, seriously injuring him. A scene of incredible violence, which sowed panic among students and teachers.
Death of the student, the director between life and death
Unfortunately, despite the efforts of emergency services, the young student did not survive his injuries. He died in this indescribable chaos, before the helpless eyes of his comrades and his teachers. As for the director, seriously injured, he was urgently evacuated to Esseng hospital where he is currently fighting for his life, plunged into a deep coma. A tragedy that leaves an entire school, an entire community, in shock and in mourning.
School partially burned to ashes in a fit of destructive madness
But Yekini’s killing spree didn’t stop there. Screaming that he was going to burn down this school that had taken his son, he moved from words to action with frightening determination. In a few minutes, a classroom was completely reduced to ashes, another partially damaged, and the administrative block was not spared from the flames. An unleashing of blind violence which destroyed in an instant years of effort and investment in the education of our children.
The authorities on the ground, between compassion and firmness
Faced with this exceptionally serious situation, the local authorities reacted quickly. The sub-prefect of the district of Mboanz, Mr. Bamyo Guy Pascal, the mayor of the commune of Angossas, Mrs. Segland Flore, and the brigade commander of Angossas went to the site. They were able to meet Yekini, the author of this outburst of violence, who, far from fleeing, already seemed consumed by remorse. A broken man, who will have to answer for his actions before the courts, but who is also a father bruised by the loss of his child.
In these dark hours, 237online.com, your citizen media, would like to express its solidarity and compassion towards the affected families, the teaching staff and all the students of Mazebouag. We will follow the development of this case, not out of sensationalism, but out of a duty to inform and out of respect for the victims. Because it is in trials that the strength of a community is revealed. And it is through unity and compassion that Mazebouag will recover from this tragedy. We are convinced of it.