Police Commissioner, Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua personally visited Marist Brothers High School and Suva Grammar School yesterday after the involvement of some students in the recent brawls.
He issued a stern warning to students that anyone breaking the law will be taken to task.
Fijivillage has received confirmation that a 19 year old student has been charged with assault.
He will appear in court today.
Police are also trying to establish the alleged involvement of an ex-scholar in the incident yesterday where some items were thrown into a school bus at Flagstaff.
Commissioner Naivalurua has called on the students to respect the law.
He has called for a resolution to be reached.
Every effort is now being made to ensure that the brawls and related incidents involving students stop.
A curfew has been put in place from yesterday afternoon for the students of Marist Brothers High School.
This has been announced by Marist Principal John Atalifo following the recent incidents involving some students from the school.
Atalifo said all students should leave for their home at 3:10pm and no Marist student should be seen in uniform in the capital city after 4pm.
The Suva Grammar management has also instructed all students to follow the rules and to go home after school.
Counseling sessions have been conducted with the parents, students and teachers.
The Grammar students also had a school assembly and a gender assembly after which all Grammar students took a pledge on Monday that they will maintain law and order.
Police spokesperson, Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri said that students should not be loitering around town and head straight home after school.
He confirmed that they are investigating the brawl at Service Street and Sukuna Park last Friday, the attack on the school bus at Flagstaff yesterday and an incident of an assault case on the Head Boy of one of the schools on Sunday.
Story by: Vijay Narayan and Watisoni Butabua
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