Something happened in my area that I really want to vent out here. Sometimes living in a community over a period of time gives you opportunity to know the habits and characters of the people around you. One of my opposite neighbours is a widow with seven children.
Al generated.
Unfortunately, she has a reputation for always getting involved in fights. Instead of calming situations when her children have disagreements with their friends, she often encourages them to stand their ground and fight back.
Yesterday, things did not go their way. One of her sons had an argument with another woman's son. As usual, my neighbour stepped into the matter and began fighting on behalf of her son.
But, this time around, the other woman was prepared and fought back. When she realised that she could not handle the situation alone, my neighbour quickly called all her children including her older son who just came back from work tht night to join the fight.
The moment they all arrived, the situation escalated badly. During the fight, her senior son was struck on the head with a piece of wood and he suffered a serious injury.
To make matters worse, the other family called the police, claiming that my neighbour's family had come to attack them.
While the fight was still going on, the injured boy was bleeding heavily. When the police arrived, the young man suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness. By this time, it was around 2 a.m., and they said the fight had started since 10 p.m., their noise was what draw many people out.
Everyone's attention was now on saving the boy's life. The community members, every one was so concerned about how to revive the young man, and after some effort, he regained consciousness briefly. The community members pleaded with the police officers to help transport him to the hospital, because at that time no vehicle on the road, and thankfully they agreed. The officers took him to the hospital while he was still in a critical condition.
It was at that moment that the aggressive mother became quite. She became frightened that she could lose her son and was praying and beging God and everyone out there to help save her son's life.
After the police left with the injured boy, the rest of us returned to our homes and I tried to continue my sleep, since the disturbance had been what brought me outside in the first place.
Many people in the community used the opportunity to tell the woman that encouraging her children to fight in every provocation is not the right way to handle conflicts.
I sincerely hope that she had learn her lessons from the incidence. As parents, we need to guide our children, inculcate good morals in them not encouraging them to fight every battle with their fists.
I really do not have any pictures concerning this post since the incident happened in the mid night.
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