Classes at the Lititz All-Age School in St Elizabeth were suspended for a short while yesterday after it was discovered that the institution had been broken into and vandalised.

Teachers and students turned up yesterday morning for regular classes, but were shocked by the damage they saw.

desk and chairs damaged

Reports from the police are that five of the school's classrooms were vandalised, with desk and chairs damaged. It is believed that the break-in happened sometime between Saturday and Sunday night.

It is also reported that a threatening message for a teacher at the school was written on a chalkboard in one of the classrooms.

The police are trying to ascertain whether the latest incident is linked to an event which took place last week, where a teacher reprimanded two students for bad behaviour.