Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has con­demned the as­sault of sev­er­al chil­dren at San­ta Rosa Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School and reaf­firmed her gov­ern­ment’s com­mit­ment to stu­dent safe­ty.

The at­tack, which oc­curred on June 2, has left the na­tion reel­ing. Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, the sus­pect—still at large—al­leged­ly en­tered the Pin­to Road, Ari­ma school com­pound through a hole in the perime­ter fence be­fore the bell rang around 8.30 am.

He re­port­ed­ly posed as an On-the-Job Trainee (OJT) mu­sic teacher and lured pupils in­to a store­room un­der the pre­text of need­ing help to move fur­ni­ture. Once in­side, he al­leged­ly locked the door and so­licit­ed sex­u­al acts from the chil­dren, of­fer­ing them mon­ey.