Tragedy was this morning averted in Abia State after four external WAEC candidates engaged one another in a fight with the use of cutlass, over stolen meats. .

According to reports, the students who came from Mbaise, Imo state to write their exam at Divine Lift International School, Aba, accused each other of stealing some meats from their joint pot of soup.

Their altercation later degenerate into a fierce fight and they resorted into the use of cutlass. However, resident intervened before they could harm each other and they were punished.