The Police at Bechem in the Tano South Municipality of Ahafo Region have arrested and placed three of the suspects in custody and launched a manhunt for the other three who are currently on the run.

The arrested suspects are Agyem Frimpong, Emmanuel Ankama and one Osman.

Another accomplice,Kyeremaa Hamida, a female final-year student who aided the suspects to commit the crime is also in Police custody, assisting investigations

The sad incident happened on Saturday, February 10 around 2130 hours.

Accomplice Hamida allegedly lured the unsuspecting victim (name withheld) to a dilapidated structure, near the girl’s dormitory where the suspects gang-raped her, Ghana News Agency (GNA)has reported.

A reliable source at the Bechem Police Station confirmed the story and added the suspects were yet to be arraigned before court.

Speaking in an interview with the GNA, Victoria Otu, the victim’s mother, said the condition of her daughter had worsened and appealed for justice to prevail

“The school authority rang to inform me about the incident and what we need now is to seek justice for our child,” she stated.

A medical report from the Duayaw-Nkwanta St. John of God Catholic Hospital sighted by the GNA confirmed the victim had been raped.

Narrating her ordeal, the victim told the GNA she was lying on her bed when the suspect Hamida approached and asked her   to “see her outside.

“When we got outside, she told me to follow her to the drying-line area and upon reaching the place she handed me over to the six boys who were standing behind the structure and all of them forcibly had sex with me,” she narrated.

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Assistant Headmaster in-charge of domestics, Michael Boamah, speaking to Accra FM, monitored by Adomonline.com, explained the student started showing symptoms a week after reporting to school.

“The student came to the school’s clinic complaining he was not feeling fine; he could not smell properly neither did he have sense of taste. Though he reported he was ill, he is still strong even till date,” he said.

After he reported, Mr Boamah disclosed the school nurse immediately contacted the Bechem Government Hospital which was quick to test the student for COVID-19.

Prior to the report of the positive status, the Assistant Head explained the student was subjected to assessment and psychological therapy to welcome his results without panic.

To limit the spread of the virus, about 10 other students, who were in contact with the student, have been isolated, with hundreds of contacts tested awaiting results.

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Veronica Buckets have been placed in front of every classroom and dormitory, as well as sanitisers distributed to each student and teaching and non-teaching staff.

Meanwhile, the National Commission for Civic Education and the District Health Directorate have counselled Bechem PRESEC students on how to observe proper safety protocols.