Koi fish poisoned, chickens plucked then drowned, and turkeys tied together and thrown into an empty swimming pool — these are some of the alleged barbaric acts under investigation at two of Gqeberha’s top schools.

Forty days — an annual tradition that sees matrics count down to the start of their final exams — turned ugly at Grey High School and Collegiate Girls’ High School this week when a group of pupils vandalised property at both schools and allegedly abused poultry. ..