Viridhunagar: A 13-year-old student of class 8 was stabbed to death in his classroom at a Tamil Nadu government school this morning. His classmates watched in horror as the attacker stabbed him thrice in the forehead.
The police said the attacker, suspected to be a young man from the same village as the student, entered the school in Pandhalkudi of Virudhnagar district, and stabbed the boy with a sharp-edged weapon at about 9 am, just before classes began.
The boy was rushed to hospital, but died on the way, the police said.
The school was closed immediately. Local residents blocked road traffic in protest.
The police said the attacker, suspected to be a young man from the same village as the student, entered the school in Pandhalkudi of Virudhnagar district, and stabbed the boy with a sharp-edged weapon at about 9 am, just before classes began.
The boy was rushed to hospital, but died on the way, the police said.
The school was closed immediately. Local residents blocked road traffic in protest.
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