The Bawku Senior High School has been temporarily closed by the Municipal Education Directorate following a deadly shooting incident involving a final-year student, Hakim Kundima, on the school's premises, according to a citinewsroom.com report.

The incident happened on the evening of Saturday, July 26, 2025, at approximately 8:30 P.M.

Unknown gunmen are said to have scaled the school's perimeter wall, invaded the dormitory, and forcefully removed the student before shooting him outside in what appears to be a deliberate and targeted attack.

The assailants escaped immediately after the shooting.