School gardener 'threatens to kill' student in Sharjah

Sharjah - The father immediately lodged a complaint with Sharjah Education zone, which formed a committee to investigate the case.

Sharjah Education Zone is investigating the case of a grade six Arab student, who was threatened  by a gardener that he would kill him using an iron tool.
The student, who studies at one of the private schools in Sharjah, had informed his father about the incident telling him that he will not go to school anymore because the school gardener had harassed him, threatening to kill him with a gardening tool.
The father immediately lodged a complaint with Sharjah Education zone, which formed a committee to investigate the case. 
An official from the school management told Khaleej Times that they had lodged a complaint against the gardener in the police. The management had also asked the contracting company, carrying out gardening work at the school, to replace him with someone else as well as ensuring that he would not be seen around the school any more.
The official added that the committee, after a thorough investigation, had referred the report to the private school Department at the Ministry of Interior to decide the further course of action. afkarali@khaleejtimes.com

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