A teenage student who police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a girl’s dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy was charged Monday as an adult with 19 counts of murder. The 15-year-old girl appeared virtually at the hearing in a court south of the capital, Georgetown, and was ordered…
A 15-year-old girl in Guyana, accused of deliberately setting a fire at a school dormitory on May 21 that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy, was charged with 19 counts of murder. The teenager, who was charged as an adult, appeared virtually at the hearing in a court south of Guyana's capital city Georgetown and was ordered held in custody pending further court proceedings, AP news agency reported on Monday (May 29).