Heavily armed police and security forces dispersed hundreds of Juba Day Secondary School students demonstrating against the allocation of school land to construct a private hospital with shots and beatings.
The students confronted the security personnel with rocks.One female student and one teacher were wounded and taken to hospital while others were arrested by police and security personnel who used live munitions to disperse protesters.
Juba Day Deputy Headmaster Joseph Kiju Abraham told Bakhita Radio that students burned building materials belonging to the investor who wanted to start building the hospital.
He said the school administration agreed with the Director of General Education to send the students home since the situation was getting out of hand.
He added that the administration would announce when the classes resumed.
Mr Kiju explained that the students were angry after they realized that a previous state minister of Education sold the land to the investor to build a hospital without consulting with the school authorities.
School administration, teachers and students were against the deal.
Some students attacked Bakhita Journalist Simon Tongun who was covering the event but security personnel intervened and rushed with him out of the school grounds.