Overview
- The stabbing occurred on Monday at a secondary school in Banting, Selangor, leaving a 15-year-old student with multiple injuries who was taken to hospital for treatment.
- Kuala Langat district police confirmed they have detained a 15-year-old suspect and seized a knife believed to be the weapon.
- The victim’s father said she is conscious and undergoing procedures to remove blood from her chest cavity and that she knew the suspect from being classmates last year.
- The Selangor Education Department mobilised counsellors and school guidance staff to support students and staff and urged the public not to spread unverified claims.
- Online reports that the suspect had been expelled or off school for months and returned for revenge remain unverified as police continue their probe and have not confirmed a motive.