A classroom at a state elementary school in Sumberjo, Lamongan, East Java, was set ablaze on Wednesday afternoon after four schoolchildren reportedly set fire to 21 grade report books.
span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 20.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A classroom at a state elementary school in Sumberjo, Lamongan, East Java, was set ablaze on Wednesday afternoon after four schoolchildren reportedly set fire to 21 grade report books.
Sumberjo elementary school principal Wiku Handoko said the four students had told investigators that they were ashamed of being scolded for getting the worst marks in the classroom.
“They admitted that they were ashamed for being scolded by their classmates for getting bad marks in the final exam even though the result of the final exam has not yet been announced by the teachers,” Wiku Handoko was quoted as saying by local news outlet Berita Metro.
According to Wiku, the incident took place at 2:45 p.m..
“I was contacted by Pak Abdul Wahab, the school caretaker, who told me that the fifth-grade classroom was on fire,” he said.
The fire was immediately extinguished.
“After I questioned some eyewitnesses, I found out that the fire had been set by those four students,” he said.
Sarirejo Police chief Adj. Comr. Wisnu Prasetyo said the students, MA, MZ, RS and HT had been taken to the police station for further questioning.
Wisnu said the students broke into the locked classroom through the window. “They took out all books from the cupboard and set them on fire inside the classroom,” he said.
Police did not detain the students, as they are underage.
“Currently, the case is being handled by our women and child protection unit,” Wisnu said. (dmr)
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