Grade 10 student stabbed by schoolmate

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines — A Grade 10 student was wounded after he was stabbed by an 18-year-old schoolmate in this town on Thursday afternoon.

Reports said the victim and some of his classmates were walking along Alvear street in Barangay Poblacion when the suspect stabbed him in the back with a broken softdrink bottle.

The victim’s classmates  rushed him to the Lingayen District Hospital where he was given initial treatment. He  was transferred to another hospital San Carlos City.

Probers said a personal grudge between the suspect and one of the classmates  could be the motive for the attack.

Police arrested the suspect in a follow-up operation.