A form Five student in Trinidad remains hospitalised after he was stabbed with a knife by another student at school yesterday.
The student was stabbed once to the leg and was rushed to hospital for treatment. Up to late yesterday evening a 16-year-old student remained in police custody in connection with the stabbing incident.
According to police reports, at about 8.45 am, two male students, an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old began arguing over a school bag. The younger student, according to police, pulled out a knife and stabbed the older teen.
Police were told two days before, the older student complained his books were thrown out and his bag was stolen by the younger student. The older boy went to the 16-year-old and demanded he return his bag and a fight started during which the older boy was stabbed.
Eyewitnesses say a third student saw the fight and intervened to stop the younger student from beating the older one.
Last week a student in Grenada was stabbed to death by another student. The deceased will be ladi to rest next week. The female student charged with this crime has been remaded to prison and will face the court next month.
