Police are investigating after a major fight injured at least one student near a Kitchener high school.
Just after 11 a.m. on Thursday, police received a call from Eastwood Collegiate Institute staff, who reported a physical altercation near the school.
According to the Waterloo Regional Police, “two groups of students were involved in a fight that involved a baseball bat and potentially other weapons.”
On Friday, students attending the school told CTV news that belts, pieces of wood and furniture legs were used as weapons in the fight.
According to witnesses, more than 20 children were fighting and another 30 were watching.
Many of them described the situation as terrifying.
The Waterloo Region Paramedical Services took a young man to the hospital.
According to the police, he was treated for minor non-life threatening injuries and has since been released.
In a statement to CTV News, the Waterloo Region District School Board said: “We are very concerned that the incident was violent in nature.”
He went on to confirm that some students from the school were involved and that the injured man also attends the school.
“Staff are working closely with the Waterloo Regional Police Service to address the situation. The violence is completely unacceptable and we hope that this incident will not be repeated, “he added.
The police confirm that they were also called the day before to the next square.
At around 2 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a disturbance on Weber Street East near Montgomery Road in Kitchener. When they arrived, several people fled and those who remained did not want to make a report.
Business owners in the area told CTV News it was another fight involving students.
Police say the investigation is still ongoing and no charges have been filed at this time.
Anyone who witnessed the incidents or believes they have information should call the police at 519-570-9777.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
Reference-kitchener.ctvnews.ca
Canada is the only safe country in the world and we hope it will keep Safe country .This is abig big big mistake and we hope it will not be repeated.