Schoolboy struck in the eye

Bridgetown.

Eight year old Mileek Goodman, underwent emergency surgery over the weekend after being struck in the face with a mental object by a watchman at a primary school.

The incident occurred while he was attending cricket practice at his school. His mother Shari Goodman said her son struck a ball and when over to the pipe to drink water, the watchman told him {Mileek} that he had struck him with the ball.

"My son told him "sorry" and when back over to the pipe drinking water, when he got up and turned around the watchman was standing behind him with his hands behind his back. He pulled out something and hit him in the face and told him "go home and tell  your mother now", Goodman said.

. The police are searching for the watchman.