Students of Friends School Mbale High School went on the rampage Sunday night causing untold damage to the school property.
The students set ablaze the second floor of a two-storey main dormitory, burning beddings and other materials and reduced the metallic beds to shells.
Addressing journalists after an emergency meeting, the Acting Vihiga County Commissioner (CC) Florence Sitawa said several students were injured during the stampede and were taken to hospital, attended to and discharged.
Sitawa said the school, which has a population of 1,422, has been closed indefinitely and the Board of Governors (BoG) will convene on Monday next week to deliberate on the way forward.
