Junior high school boy confirmed dead after being stabbed by schoolmate in Japan

AGENCY: NOV. 24 – A 14-year-old junior high school boy in central Japan was pronounced dead on Wednesday after being stabbed by another student at the same school, according to local police and firemen.

According to local authorities, the victim, a child in the third grade at Jushiyama junior high school in Yatomi city, Aichi Prefecture, was declared dead.

According to the city’s education board and police, he was transported to the hospital after being stabbed in the stomach in the junior high school about 8:10 a.m. local time Wednesday.

The assailant, a 14-year-old boy, was detained on charges of attempted murder, and a knife that may have been used as a weapon was confiscated. According to investigators, the child confessed to stabbing the victim.

The police were called to the location when a teacher reported that two boys were involved in an incident.

The stabbing occurred in a hallway outside of a classroom. According to the education board, other students were on their way to school when the event occurred. Both students were in separate third-year classrooms.

There were no reported injuries among other students or teachers.

A father of a 15-year-old female student, who is also in the third grade, said he felt worried about the mental health of students who witnessed the incident.