Fol­low­ing a lock­down at San Fer­nan­do West Sec­ondary School on Wednes­day to pre­vent a vi­o­lent af­ter-school clash, con­cerned par­ents are now call­ing for po­lice of­fi­cers to be sta­tioned at the school.

The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion con­firmed that the school prin­ci­pal ac­ti­vat­ed emer­gency pro­to­cols af­ter a group of sus­pi­cious in­di­vid­u­als was seen loi­ter­ing near the premis­es. Po­lice re­spond­ed swift­ly, and one per­son was tak­en in­to cus­tody. Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that a knife was seized dur­ing the in­ci­dent.

The sit­u­a­tion is be­lieved to be linked to a se­ries of vi­o­lent fights on Tues­day, dur­ing which teach­ers and se­cu­ri­ty guards were as­sault­ed while try­ing to in­ter­vene. As a re­sult, stu­dent at­ten­dance was re­port­ed­ly low yes­ter­day.