Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo according to reports, a is alleged that a Grade 8 class was gassed by unknown persons and that one teacher and a pupil were taken to a medical facility for examination.

“It was also reported that after the pupils were told to knock off by School authorities, some concerned parents after receiving the report of alleged gassing at the school took their children to the medical facility in Chilenje for examination bringing the number of those examined at the Hospital to nine as at 13:00 hours,” Katongo said in a statement.

She said police was still waiting for a report on findings from medical personnel