Catfight between Bahrain students at Graduation ceremony

Manama : A catfight that erupted between students at a public secondary girls’ school graduation ceremony resulted in the injury of several students and parents, DT News has learnt.

The incident apparently occurred on Tuesday night during West Riffa Secondary Girls’ School graduation party, held at Education Ministry Hall in Isa Town (Educational Area).

Four students reportedly attacked a group of other students and their parents, following a verbal dispute over the “excessive” use of snow spray at the event.

According to one of the attackers, “things escalated quickly after a parent, who was defending her daughter’s behaviour and justifying her misuse of snow spray, insulted the four girls”.

The girl who later appeared speaking in a video clip, mentioned her full name and bragged about how she “beat them up”, as she claimed that she was defending her honour after her mother was publicly insulted by one of the parents.

“I was the first to jump on stage. We were four and there were ten of them. They’re the only ones who walked out with injuries,” the girls arrogantly said in the video.

The footage showed the girls’ bashing the other students and their parents across the hall, which seemed like a wrestling ring, while the security guards helplessly tried to break the fight.

Probe Launched

Education Ministry confirmed that the incident took place at Education Ministry Hall in Isa Town and that an investigation has been launched into the occurrence.

A spokesperson from the ministry’s Public Relations and Media Directorate told DT News that teachers and security guards broke-up the fight and the matter has been solved in a friendly manner.

Read DT News tomorrow for more details.