St John's College may be among Belize's leading schools - but, the epidemic of gun violence spares no one - and the school has lost two of its students in the past two months - and there is another hanging on to life in the hospital. The school issued a press release today condemning the violence that took the life of third form student, Dwayne Gabourel, and Junior College student, Sherane Cardenas. Dwayne was fatally shot on Saturday while he was buying bread at a nearby store, whereas Sherane was killed in her sleep by her mother's boyfriend - before he killed her mother and then himself at the end of August.
The release says, quote, "The pointless loss of innocent lives is the result of deeper societal issues that we must face and overcome as a country. St. John's College stands ready and willing to do its part to ensure that our children can grow, learn, and prosper in a country free from fear, discrimination, abuse, corruption, violence, and crime." End quote.
