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N. Sumatra police hunting man for fatally stabbing nephew at school
Local police are on a hunt for a man wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of his nephew in front of his teacher and classmates on Tuesday.
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The North Sumatra Police headquarters, located in the provincial capital of Medan, is seen in this undated handout photograph. (North Sumatra Police/File)
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he North Sumatra Police are looking for a 32-year-old man, identified only by the initial R, for stabbing his 10-year-old nephew on Tuesday morning at a school in Sunggal district, Deli Serdang.
Sunggal Police chief Comr. Candra Yudha said they had identified the man and were investigating the motive for the stabbing. “Hopefully, we will arrest him soon,” Candra added.
The incident happened in a sixth-grade classroom at the Baiti Jannati Foundation elementary school.
Waluyo, who chairs the educational foundation, said the victim had just entered the classroom with his friends after the morning roll call when the incident occurred.
“The perpetrator came into the classroom and went directly to the victim’s desk. He stabbed [the victim] in the chest with a kitchen knife,” Waluyo said. The perpetrator then immediately left the classroom, exiting the school compound by climbing over an external fence.
According to Waluyo, the teacher and other students in the classroom were too stunned to prevent the attack. The victim was rushed to a hospital, but did not survive his injury.
