In a shocking incident, a Class XI boy allegedly stabbed two of his classmates following a heated exchange of words between them in a private school in Ottapidaram in Thoothukudi district on September 2.
While the injured boys have been admitted to Thoothukudi Government Medical College hospital, the juvenile in conflict with law has been apprehended.
The police said the students were writing a class test and the boy from Puthiyamuthur had reportedly tried to stealthily copy from some paper. The other two boys, who noticed this, had complained about this to the teacher.