The irate students, armed with traditional weapons including stones and pieces of bricks, also damaged Mr Nsambala's house and that of the school headmaster, Mr Alico Kamyoge (36).
The Acting Katavi Regional Police Commander, Mr Joseph Myovela, said the incident occurred last Sunday and that preliminary investigations showed that superstitious beliefs were to blame. It happened when one of the students suddenly began to behave strangely, claiming to have been possessed by evil spirits, accusing two teachers at the school of commanding a league of 'bad spirits' to attack him.
According to the Acting RPC, the accused teachers were the school head, Mr Kamyoge, and academic master Nsambala. It was further alleged that thereafter, at around 8pm, a mob of students armed with crude weapons marched to the school's administration block and started hurling stones and pieces of bricks before advancing to the office of their academic master where they also damaged the computer.
Then, the irate mob marched to the house of their school head, demanding to see him fortunately he was not in; it was at that moment they started throwing stones at his house and destroying valuable items including windows and door of the house.
