February 1, 2008: A number of Junior High School
Students had to be taken to a police Station in Nassau
yesterday after attacking a motorist, throwing rocks at his
car and threatening to kill him. Eyewitnesses say the
motorist was traveling along Thompson Blvd, a street in a
busy area, when a group of students attempted to cross the
street, forcing the motorist to stop abruptly to avoid
hitting them.
According to the Nassau Guardian, "That was like the
eye before the storm, because after that, a lot more
students began to cross the road and they took their time
doing it," said the passerby, who watched in "shock" as
students began pounding on the man's windows and throwing
large "boulder-like rocks" at his car after he blew his horn
at them.
"The lil' boy crack me in my head live," he said referring
to the school boy who he initially fought with.
"I jumped out of the car and start fisting him up and I say
you is a little boy. And all of them start picking up them
little boulders by Wendy's to throw at my jeep. They were
throwing lone rocks at my car. Now I'm looking like a victim
right now," Lundy said.
He continued, "I don't even know who these kids are. I tell
you, I had to jump out and fist this lil' boy up. A lil' 14-
or 15-year-old came out and crack me in the back of my
head."
The motorist was reportedly surrounded by about 50 young
boys and girls struggling to defend himself. The incident
came to an end only when one female student shouted that he
had a gun, causing the students to flee the scene. The
motorist must now deal with remarks of his jeep being
"marked", suggesting revenge attacks to come.
"This occurrence is the latest in a string of violent
incidents involving school children. In November, hundreds
of Jr. High School students fought each other, near the
College of The Bahamas campus in Oakes Field. Traffic came
to a standstill as the students took to the streets,
throwing rocks and bottles. During that incident, several
students were also taken to a police station."
Quoted extracts from article by Nassau Guardian Staff
Reporter KRYSTEL ROLLE.
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