A 15-year-old girl, studying in Class 10, sustained serious injuries after a man allegedly attacked her with a chainsaw used for cutting trees inside her classroom at Zilla Parishad High School in Rapthadu mandal headquarters of Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Saturday morning.
The incident triggered panic among students and teachers at the school. “Another student, who attempted to intervene, was also injured in the incident. On receiving the information from the school teachers, the police rushed to the spot and rushed the girl to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment. He spoke to officials to enquire about her condition and the treatment being provided. The chief minister assured the family that the government would extend complete support and that every possible effort would be made to save the student’s life. The chief minister enquired about the health condition of another student who was also injured in the attack.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed deep anguish over the brutal attack on the Class 10 girl student at Rapthadu.
Another girl student also sustained injuries while attempting to intervene and save the victim, according to the police. An official from Rapthadu police station said that the accused, whose identity and age have not yet been ascertained, suddenly entered the classroom in the morning hours before the commencement of classes and started attacking the girl on her face, neck and back, even as the fellow students were watching in horror and screaming. The accused fled the spot, leaving the girl in a pool of blood, before the fellow students raised an alarm and school staff reached the classroom,” the police official said. Her condition is said to be stable.
