Kendrapada: A14-year-old student of a government-run school in Odisha’s Kendrapada district allegedly stabbed his classmate, police said.
The incident took place in a classroom of Telengabasant Nodal Upper Primary School, under the jurisdiction of Pattamundai Rural police station on Friday, a police official said.
The class 8 student has been detained after the headmistress filed an FIR, inspector-in-charge Padmalaya Pradhan said.
The victim has been hospitalised but is reported to be out of danger. The blood-stained knife has been seized, and police are investigating the motive behind the attack, he said.
