Angry student because her cell phone was taken away, the main suspect in the fire that killed 19 minors in Guyana

The Guyanese police submitted a report to the prosecution that points to the student as the alleged culprit of the fire in which 19 minors, 18 girls and one boy, died in a school in the country. A total of 57 minors were in the dormitory of Mahdia High School where a fire broke out last Sunday night that caused great commotion in Guyana. Investigations revealed that he is a student she managed to start the fire because she was angry because her cell phone was taken away.

“According to the students, they were sleeping and were woken up by screams. “They saw fire and smoke coming out of the toilet and it quickly spread through the building, causing several students to suffer burns and smoke inhalation, while others managed to escape,” the official police document says.

Fourteen of the dead died inside the building and five others succumbed to severe burns at Mahdia Hospital, where they were transferred. According to pathologists, the cause of death was smoke inhalation and burns. In addition, nearly thirty girls were hospitalized after the incident, 17 of whom were admitted to hospitals in the capital Georgetown and are in critical but stable condition.

The students are from Mahdia, Campbelltown, Micobie and El Paso, among other indigenous-majority villages located in northern Pakaraimas, in the country’s Region 8. Some of the bodies were identified by relatives and delivered to be buried, but thirteen burned ones had to be transferred to the capital for DNA tests.

This was reported by the President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali these DNA tests will be sent to the Mount Sinai Laboratory in New York and that the findings are expected to be delivered next Friday. After the deadly fire, Ali declared three days of national mourning.

The United States, Cuba and other Caribbean countries have offered to help Guyana treat students who suffered severe burns. A ceremony in honor of the students in Mahdia is scheduled for this day, which will be attended by Guyanese authorities and foreign diplomats.