Stu­dents, teach­ers and se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cers were on Fri­day left high­ly trau­ma­tised as a men­tal­ly un­sta­ble man stormed in­to the com­pound of the Barataria South Sec­ondary School and went on a ram­page.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred short­ly be­fore 8 am.

The man at­tacked the se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cers who fought hard to re­strain him. Af­ter they man­aged to tie him down he broke free and be­gan pelt­ing chairs and stones at teach­ers and the of­fi­cers.

Po­lice of­fi­cers who were on the com­pound, we're not armed with tasers so in­stead one of them shot him in the leg in a bid to "stop him."

The men­tal­ly un­sta­ble man was then tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex in Mt Hope and is cur­rent­ly ward­ed un­der po­lice guard.

The school's prin­ci­pal lat­er dis­missed class­es for the day say­ing the staff and pupils were left high­ly trau­ma­tised.

Ed­u­ca­tion of­fi­cials are ex­pect­ed to de­ploy a team from the Stu­dent Sup­port Ser­vices to of­fer coun­selling and what­ev­er else sup­port need­ed on Mon­day.