Two Eastern Cape families want answers after two 18-year-old learners were brutally assaulted and burnt with an iron allegedly in their school dormitory.
The incident allegedly occurred at Advent Comprehensive High School in Maluti on the night of 27 May in the boys dormitory.
The families said that the two learners were assaulted allegedly by a group of nine people who accused them of stealing a tablet.
The families claim their sons were beaten up and burnt with a hot electric iron on their backs and arms and also accused the headmaster Mandisi Mbobo of trying to conceal the gravity of the incident.
Eastern Cape police spokesperson Captain Khaya Thonjeni said that six suspects aged between 20 and 35 years were arrested while three other suspects were still at large.
The Eastern Cape Education Department is investigating the incident.
African News Agency (ANA)
