01/06/2026
I have watched that CCTV footage of the girls who allegedly lit fire that caused the death of 16 students in Utumishi Academy. It is horrifying and I can not help but feel the pain of the parents who lost their children. One mother almost made me cry when she narrated how she waited for her daughter as other parents were reuniting with theirs, only to realize hers was not coming. That was heart-wrenching.
The easiest and more politically correct thing at this time is to condemn the errant girls and wish them death. I keep wondering though, did they really intend to kill? That would be so evil, callous and wrong. I would ask what happened to their sense of humanity? But what if they did not comprehend the magnitude? Then I feel for them and their parents. Their lives, even without a court decision, is scarred almost forever.
This is a no win/no win situation. Tragic indeed