Teen hurled desk at headmaster

A 15-YEAR-OLD yesterday rampaged through a Limassol high-school after bursting into a classroom, flipping over desks and threatening to attack the headmaster.

Police later charged the youngster for trespassing and common assault. The youth was not placed under arrest as he is a minor.

According to the police, shortly after 11 am the youth walked into a class which was at the time being taught by the school headmaster, and in a state of frenzy began overturning desks.

At one point, he tried to hurl a desk on the headmaster, witnesses said. The headmaster was not injured. The rowdy youth then entered the school toilets and began overturning garbage cans.

The youth had attended the same school last year but was transferred out for causing trouble. Students said he held the headmaster personally responsible for his transfer.

According to the pupils, the youth has carried out a number of these “raids” on their schools, and on occasion has been seen wielding a crowbar.

Worried parents have reportedly told their children not to go to school tomorrow. The head of the parents association said they had received assurances from the school that a guard would be posted, but that none had been assigned yet.

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