Panic after ‘Devil attack’ at school
17 Moruga students in hospital
Radhica Sookraj
Published: 11 Nov 2010
TOP: Students of the Moruga Composite wait for transportation outside the school’s compound yesterday.
ABOVE: One of the Pentecostal pastors leaves the school after he prayed with the students yesterday. Photos: Rishi Ragoonath
Radhica Sookraj
Panic broke out at the Moruga Composite School yesterday as 17 femalestudents fell mysteriously ill and began rolling on the ground, hissing
and blabbering in a strange tongue, after suffering bouts of nausea and
headaches. Two of the students reportedly tried to throw themselves off a
railing and had to be physically restrained, triggering fears of a
possible demon attack. The drama started during the lunch hour in the
Form One block and quickly spread to other areas. Form Five student Kern
Mollineau, who attends the Lighthouse Tabernacle Church, said he got
worried when the girls’ eyes began rolling up in their heads and they
began beating up on the ground.
With the assistance of several other students and teachers, the pupils
were taken to the multi-purpose hall where some of them fell into a
semi-conscious state. Mollineau recalled: “One girl was blabbering as if
in a strange language. I could not understand what she was saying. “It
was sounding like ‘shebbaberbebeb shhhhee.’ The girls were unusually
strong. We had to hold them down so that they will not hurt themselves.
“The teachers were right there. I get a kick in my face when one of the
girls started beating up on the floor. Many of them had bruises.”
Mollineau claimed he actually communicated with the “devil which had
possessed the girl. “I asked the Devil what he wanted with the girls and
the voice said he wanted a life. He kept saying to send the girls in
the toilet and to leave them alone,” Mollineau claimed.
Roman Catholic priests, as well as pastors from nearby churches,
including Josephine Charles, Deborah Charles and Pastor Gordon, visited
the school and began showering the children with holy water and prayers.
Two more students, Kriston Mollineau and Kishon Bethel, said they too
were called by teachers to assist the ill girls. Kriston said the girls
complained of headaches and some of them wanted to go to the toilet. Six
ambulances arrived at the school accompanied by police teams from the
Moruga and St Mary’s Police Post. A party of fire officers from the
Princes Town Fire Station, led by acting Assistant Divisional Fire
Officer Ramdeo Boodoo visited the school and began conducting several
tests on the surroundings to determine the cause of the problem.
Boodoo said there was nothing in the environment to trigger fainting
spells, nausea and headaches. A teacher, who requested anonymity, said
two weeks ago an Orisha woman came to the school and had a dispute with a
member of staff. He said following the dispute, the woman threatened to
deal with the school administration. Another teacher said the school
was built on a burial site, but neighbours who live around the school
denied that was so. A source at the school confirmed that all 17 pupils
were taken to the Princes Town Health Facility where they were medically
examined. The other students were sent home at 2 pm.
Responding yesterday, Minister in the Ministry of Education Clifton de
Coteau said he was aware that pupils had to be taken for medical
attention. De Coteau said Student Support Service officials were sent to
the school and students were expected to receive counselling. A
statement from the Ministry of Education said the Public Transport
Service Corporation (PTSC) made maxi taxis available to the school to
assist the Office for Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) which
provided additional ambulances.
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My thoughts also lean towards possession. Also of interest: the distraught woman at the school. The post suggests she may have stirred a curse on the school. Hmmmm...
I think this is the time when one needs to understand that it is not him/her who did the bad things. Forgive oneself and let it go. That is the only thing one can do here.
What will you be revealing?
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