MANILA, Philippines - A student of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) was seriously injured after she was allegedly stabbed by a group of female students of the Far Eastern University (FEU) inside the FEU campus in Manila Tuesday night.
Police Officer 2 Aaron Cortez identified the victim as Joanne Lourdes Concepcion Reyes, 20, an Information Technology (IT) student at UST.
Investigation showed that Reyes and another companion attended a film competition at the FEU on Monday and returned the following day for an awarding ceremony.
Cortez said Reyes had just left the FEU auditorium at 6:45 p.m. when she was blocked by four to six students wearing nursing uniforms.
The suspects attacked Reyes with pepper spray before stabbing her repeatedly. She was listed in critical condition at the Chinese General Hospital.
Her unidentified companion managed to run.
Police have yet to establish the motive behind the incident.
Security guards of FEU denied there was stabbing incident inside the university’s campus in Morayta.
Police are still verifying if the suspects were students of FEU.