Education authorities reported that the poisoning of more than thirty students last Friday in Matanzas occurred for the use of pepper gas. The incident happened at the José Luis Dubrocq Pre -University Institute.
A student sprayed the gas in a teacher’s motorin with the intention of “disturbing him”, and caused the inhalation of the substance, according to the investigation of the experts cited today Yumurí TV From their social networks.
The student used the pepper gas “for personal defense”, as explained during the investigation.
The general director of Education, Edilberto Casanova Armenteros, informed that, after the expert work and the interview with students and teachers, “the Spray took care of and then clarified the fact when determining the substance and its origin.”
The student said “that she never imagined that she had the connotation and the damage she did to the classmates,” Casanova explained.
The student gave the spray to another student, graduated from the school, who applied it on the outskirts of the center. He returned it to the young woman, who was occupied by the container, the note points out.
“The authors of the incident are subject to the measures of the disciplinary regulations and the relevant for these cases, since it is a minor,” says the source.
35 intoxicated
The fact, which happened on Friday, January 24, caused the poisoning of 35 students. Four of them remained in intermediate therapy and another twenty were admitted to other rooms, which received the medical act at 24 hours at the Eliseo Noel Caamaño Pediatric Hospital, the report requires.
High students hospitalized in Matanzas for inhaling an unidentified gas
Pepper gas contains capsaicin. It causes inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, eyes, lungs and cause temporary blindness, tear, ardor and difficulty breathing, abounds the information.
Experts and managers in Matanzas meet with teachers, students and parents of the school to explain the causes of the event and the details of the research.
