A 12-year-old girl is recovering in hospital in southern China after a boy threw a 15-cm long knife and it penetrated the back of her head, a newspaper reported.
A friend with the girl got into an argument with the boy at a park in Dongguan in Guangdong province after school hours on Monday, the Guangzhou Daily reported.
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As they walked away the boy threw the knife, but hit the wrong person, the report said.
The knife lodged about 3cm into her skull.
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The knife did not puncture any major veins or arteries and the article said that if the weapon had penetrated further it could have killed the girl.
