19 children died in the incident...
A major fire incident happened recently at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana, in which 19 children had died and a 14-year-old girl student has emerged as the prime suspect for the incident. She set school on fire. The children couldn't escape as the school doors were locked.
As per the reports, when her cellphone was confiscated by school authorities the girl suspect allegedly committed her crime. This tragic incident has rocked the South American country and hit headlines across the globe. The suspect's phone was taken away to discipline her for having an affair with an older man, National Security Adviser Gerald Gouveia told.
At the time of incident the house mother was asleep inside the building but panicked and could not find the right keys to unlock the building from inside but she made it out.
A female student is suspected of having set the devastating fire because her cellular phone was taken away by the dorm mother and a teacher," said Mark Ramotar, Guyana Police's communications chief in a statement.
Meanwhile, Deutsche Welle reported an unnamed official as saying that the girl had admitted to her crime.
Out of the 19 children who died in the blaze, the 19th victim was dorm mother's own 5-year-old son. 13 of the victims got burnt beyond recognition. Guyana has accepted assistance from USA and other countries to ascertain the identity of such victims through DNA testing by forensic experts.
AP reported that the older man with whom the girl suspect was having an affair, is expected to be charged with statutory rape as the girl was under 16 at the time
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