Jamaican teens arrested for assaulting schoolmate

Two Jamaican teens were arrested and charged following an incident at a high school in west Kingston on Wednesday.

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Police reports are that at about 11:45 a.m., a boy was forced into a classroom and assaulted by students at the institution.

A police report was made and the first teen, a 16-year-old, was taken into custody. He has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm.

Reports are that the second teen is now in police custody. He has also been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Both names are withheld because they are minors.

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