Freetown — Vice President Sam Sumana summoned the inspector general of police to look in to the fracas between pupils at St. Edward's secondary school and police officers a few days ago.

Assistant Inspector General of Police Richard Moigbeh made the statement during a police press briefing in Freetown Tuesday. He said the vice president is concerned over the increase of student violence across the country.

"The inspector general and other stakeholders including the school's board, national union of students, Sierra Leone teachers union and the minister of education discussed this very important matter."

He said: "We were able to deliberate on factors responsible for students lawlessness in the country and at the end of the deliberations a committee headed by the minister of education was instituted."

Moigbeh said the security of the state was paramount, adding that it was important for Sierra Leoneans to put a stop to student vandalism.

Assistant inspector general of police in charge of professional standard Santigie Koroma said the incident started when a 15 year-old girl and another teenager passing through the school's playing field were intercepted by a group of students.

"After the girls refused to respond to calls from the group, they started abusing them; it was at that moment when two police officers in civil attire intercepted them in order to the rescue the girls. The officers called on one Gabriel Bangura a teacher of the school to help resolve the matter but unfortunately, he became more adamant than the students," he said, adding that the rate of student violence was becoming a major concern to the police.