Showing posts with label School Safety. Show all posts
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Indonesia: Bomb at Islamic school kills one

From:AFP, July 12, 2011 

One killed: Students attend class at an Indonesian Islamic school. Pupils at a boarding school linked to jailed cleric Abu Bakar Bashir blocked police from investigating a deadly explosion. 

A MAN was killed when a bomb exploded in an Indonesian Islamic school which police say has links to Abu Bakar Bashir.

The homemade bomb exploded in an Islamic boarding school in eastern Indonesia.

"An improvised bomb exploded in one of the school rooms on Monday at 1530," local police spokesman Sudjoko province told reporters, adding that the school's treasurer Firdaus was killed in the blast.

After the blast in West Nusa Tenggara province, hundreds of students armed with sharp weapons blocked the school entrance, stopping police and soldiers entering to investigate the blast.

"They don't want our presence there," Sudjoko said.

National police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam said that 10 people were arrested outside the school premises on Monday.

Local media reported earlier that one of the school's leaders was arrested last year for funding a militant training camp in Aceh province of Sumatra island, backed by the firebrand cleric Bashir.
One of the students late last month slashed the neck of a police officer at the security post with a knife, killing him, according to one report.

Indonesia has been rocked by a series of attacks by the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah in recent years, including the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people including 88 Australians.

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Malaysia: School warden charged with boy's murder

From AAP, April 14, 2011

AN Islamic school warden was charged with the murder of a 7-year-old boy accused of stealing money from a classmate, in what is believed to be one of the worst student abuse cases in Malaysia, a government lawyer said.

Deputy public prosecutor Azman Abu Hassan said today Hanif Mohamad Ali, 26, faces death by hanging if convicted of murdering the boy at a private Islamic school in northern Perlis state.

Saiful Syazani Saiful Sopfidee lapsed into a coma on March 31 after allegedly being tied to a window for two hours, caned and beaten up, Azman said.

The boy died in a hospital three days later with head and body injuries.

Azman said the cause of death was due to a lack of oxygen arising from a neck compression, but it was unclear if he had been strangled or hit with brute force on the neck.

"He punished the boy because he suspected the boy stole 7 ringgit from his classmate, but it got out of hand," Azman said.

"It's a very sad case and one of the worst abuse cases involving a small boy."

Hanif was known to be strict during his two years' at the school's boarding hostel, but has no record of student abuse, Azman said, adding that the warden's role was to discipline the children and prevent any untoward behaviour.

The warden will enter his plea at the next court session on May 13.

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