SASCHA WIL­SON

Se­nior Re­porter

Five fe­male stu­dents have been charged in con­nec­tion with the as­sault of a 15-year-old girl out­side Holy Faith Con­vent in Cou­va ear­li­er this month.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred on June 10, and cell­phone footage of the at­tack has since gone vi­ral.

The vic­tim, a Form Four stu­dent at the school, was re­port­ed­ly at­tacked by the group af­ter class­es end­ed. She lat­er sought med­ical treat­ment for her in­juries.

Ac­cord­ing to a re­lease from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice, the mat­ter was prompt­ly re­port­ed and in­ves­ti­gat­ed.

Fol­low­ing in­quiries led by WPC Boodoo of the Cou­va Po­lice Sta­tion, the five sus­pects—ages 14 to 18 years, all from the Cou­va dis­trict—were for­mal­ly charged to­day (June 25, 2025) with as­sault oc­ca­sion­ing ac­tu­al bod­i­ly harm.

The TTPS has reaf­firmed its ze­ro-tol­er­ance pol­i­cy for vi­o­lence—par­tic­u­lar­ly among school-aged chil­dren—and says it will con­tin­ue work­ing with schools, par­ents, and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers to pro­mote peace­ful con­flict res­o­lu­tion.