Dagoretti High School in Nairobi County has been closed indefinitely after an earlier altercation between students left 11 of them injured.
Several kids have been admitted to surrounding hospitals as a result of the violence that erupted at the school yesterday night.
At least 11 students at Dagoretti High School in Nairobi injured during a fight that broke out over a basketball match between Sudanese and Kenyan students on Sunday evening and escalated into religious tensions overnight.
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Police were deployed to control the situation. pic.twitter.com/9D3ZIQ6M6C
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During the event, students vandalized and destroyed school property before the management decided to send them home.
According to sources, the school has been tense due to religious conflicts inside the institutions.
Authorities from the subcounty, who have since tented at the facilities, have sprung into action to investigate the situation.
