10 hospitalised as police, cult groups clash in Lagos schools
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There was pandemonium on Wednesday, January 31, after a fight broke out among some cult groups said to be students of Community Senior Grammar School and Ikotun High School at Ikotun in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened as a result of a long-time rivalry between two groups in the schools.
The fight which started during the closing hour was said to have caused some policemen nearby to intervene to restore calm.
On sighting the officers, the troublemakers started to hurl dangerous objects at them.
The situation however degenerated when the officers called for reinforcement and after that shot teargas canisters into the premises of the school to disperse the groups.
It was gathered that the incident led to a stampede as some of the students sustained varying degrees of injuries, while those said to be asthmatic reportedly slumped in the process.
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