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A Class 10 student was stabbed to death by a Class 8 student at a school in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. Later, the victim’s family members vandalised school property and assaulted staff.
Ruckus at Ahmedabad school after student murders another (Video screengrabs/Social Media)
A Class 10 student in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad died after he was stabbed by a Class 8 student at their school.
The incident happened at the Seventh Day School in Ahmedabad’s Khokhara area on Tuesday (August 19), after which the family members and relatives of the deceased students protested on the school premises.
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According to the details, the two students clashed after one of them allegedly hit the other with their elbow while they were descending the school stairs.
Their fight took a violent turn, and one of them was stabbed by another.
The injured student was rushed to a private hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
Following the student’s death, his family members gathered in large numbers at the school and created a ruckus amid their protests, and attacked whoever they encountered.
The school’s buses and other two and four-wheelers parked outside the premises were also vandalised. The school’s doors and windows were broken, and property was severely damaged.
The protesting family members also assaulted a staff member, the principal, and other staff members at the school.
A police force was deployed to bring the situation under control.
#WATCH | Gujarat: A class 8 student was stabbed and injured by a student of class 10 in Seventh-Day Adventist school, Ahmedabad, yesterday.Visuals from the school as people, including the injured child’s relatives, create ruckus here. pic.twitter.com/A1jHkTcZFd
— ANI (@ANI) August 20, 2025
In a similar incident, a 14-year-old Class 9 student allegedly stabbed a senior to death at a private school in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district on Monday.
The incident took place in the morning at Sunbeam School in Maharajganj locality of Kotwali area when classes were in session.
News agency PTI quoted the police as saying that the teenager allegedly stabbed Aditya Verma, a 15-year-old student of class 10, with a knife he had brought to school.
Two other students, who tried to intervene, sustained injuries and were undergoing treatment at the medical college hospital.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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