Hong Kong girl who allegedly attacked classmate with knife was under special care for being ‘unhappy’, school says
- School vice-principal says girl who allegedly attacked her classmate with 30cm-long knife seldom spoke, was extremely quiet
- Wounded boy in stable condition, and girl appeared in Tuen Mun Court after being charged with wounding
A Hong Kong school where a 13-year-old girl allegedly attacked a classmate with a knife has said the teenager was previously in special care for being “unhappy” but was never seen quarrelling with the victim beforehand.
The vice-principal of CCC Hoh Fuk Tong College in Tuen Mun said the wounded boy, accompanied by his father, was now in a stable condition, adding that a couple of pupils were absent due to the shock of the attack.
Recalling the incident, the vice-principal surnamed Leung said it took place at 3.35pm on Thursday, when the day’s lessons had ended and the school was holding class-teacher sessions.
He said the girl sitting at the centre of the classroom suddenly attacked her classmate with a 30cm-long (12 inch) knife that she had brought.
“When the teacher stopped her from doing so, the girl neither resisted nor hurt other students,” he said, admitting some pupils were frightened at the time and a few did not come to school on Friday.
“We immediately evacuated the students in that class and we took the girl away from the scene. As the boy was wounded and bleeding, our teachers administered first aid treatment to him and the rescue personnel arrived after 10 to 20 minutes.”