Hunain’s classmates tried to burn down the school in protest.
Recently, Hunain Bilal, a student of grade 10, was brutally beaten to death by his teacher at American Lycetuff School. The teacher punched him and knocked his head on the wall until Hunain lost consciousness. The dilemma lies in the fact that this was a private school, taking a handsome amount of tuition fee, and yet corporal punishment of this severity was allowed, to the point where a student lost his life.
However, the situation got even more out of hands when Hunain’s classmates turned up and set the school on fire.
They carried petrol bottles, with the intention to burn down the building, where their friend Hunain was brutally murdered.
Fire explosions happened in American Lycetuff School where Hafiz Hunain Bilal died yesterday. This is completely wrong way to get justice and also to support his family. If fire gets tremendous and either affect nearest houses or come out on the road and affect the traffic? pic.twitter.com/DoJtL8tY1s
— Abdul Rehman Ghouri (@rehman__ghouri) September 7, 2019
The police and fire brigades were able to control the situation immediately, with only a few rooms being damaged due to fire. However, it has left many appalled.
The blood lust for mob violence in this country is terrifying. We had people defend those vile men who beat a child to death because he was a thief allegedly and there are people happy now that 16 year old children burned down the school.
THIS IS NOT HEALTHY FOR THE CHILDREN
— Shehzad Ghias Shaikh (@Shehzad89) September 7, 2019
In what world is it apt to compare the two things?
You think it is psychologically healthy for the 16 year olds even to be in a place where they've thrown petrol bottles at a school to burn it down?
The response to a tragedy is not to make it infinitely worse for everyone https://t.co/8zzMES4209
— Shehzad Ghias Shaikh (@Shehzad89) September 7, 2019
The private school mafia was called out.
Classmates of Hunain burn school in Lahore:
Its time to take seriously punitive measures against private-Schools mafia. They are charging ruthlessly in terms of increasing fees, uniforms, so called extracurricular activities and so on. pic.twitter.com/KXpPexiPdp
— Muhammad Shoaib (@Shebi0581142249) September 7, 2019
However, the fact that students had to resort to this as a form of protest was also highlighted.
#justiceforhunain it's devastating that students have to burn their school to be heard. american lycestuff should be shut down at once and forever. our shitty justice system NEEDS laws to protect students from this horror. and that ""teacher"" needs the fucking death penalty.
— ZURA 🐍 @ comms open! (@dalquor) September 7, 2019
The school was called out for their insensitivity.
shame on this fucking "school" for trying to continue classes as usual. shame on our education system for allowing pathetic abusive wastes of space like that to become teachers. shame on the government for taking this long to pay attention.
— ZURA 🐍 @ comms open! (@dalquor) September 7, 2019
Was this the correct way to get justice? Absolutely not. However, there’s a certain level of frustration, anger, and desperation to seek justice that goes into actions like these. Perhaps, we should we be focusing on how we’ve failed our students tie and again, to the point where they are no longer safe, even in educational institutes.
What do you think about this? Let us know.
People Are Demanding Justice After A 17-Year-Old Boy In Lahore Was Beaten To Death By His Teacher