Schoolboy stabbed in twist of events at Knox High

CLARENDON, Jamaica — A grade 11 schoolboy has been hospitalised after he was stabbed by his schoolmate in a twist of events at Knox High in Spalding on Monday.

Preliminary reports from the police and reliable sources are that sometime before 2:00 pm the schoolboy who was reported armed with a knife, got into a confrontation with a Grade 10 student.

It is reported that during the confrontation, the Grade 10 student used the weapon to inflict wounds to the face of the Grade 11 student.

“The Grade 11 student brought the knife to school to stab the Grade 10 student. The Grade 10 student managed to take away the knife from the Grade 11 student and used it to stab him…” a source close to the school said.

The injured boy was rushed to hospital where he has been admitted in a stable condition.

Last Wednesday a 16-year-old Porus High student was injured after being stabbed reportedly over $200.

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— Kasey Williams