Female Student Stabbed To Death: Parents Call For Serious Follow-Up Action By School To Ensure Safety

PETALING JAYA, Oct 14 (Bernama) -- The incident of a female student who died after being stabbed at a secondary school here today has caused concern among parents regarding the safety levels of their children at school.

Johari Hashim, 58, who has two twin sons studying in Form Two at the school involved, described the incident as extremely shocking.

The self-employed man said that a crime involving the use of weapons among students was something that had never crossed his mind.

"I am very shocked by this incident. In my time, the worst we did was fight and punch each other; we never thought of stabbing or using weapons," he said when met by Bernama here today.

Johari, who resides in Damansara Perdana, hopes that the school authorities will take more serious follow-up action to ensure better student safety in the future.

Another parent of a student at the school, who declined to be named, also hoped the school would take action so that this incident does not recur.

"I found out about the incident when I arrived at the school to send food to my child and saw students being asked to leave the school. My daughter is also worried after this incident," he said.

Meanwhile, a Form One student at the school claimed to have experienced a tense situation when the suspect in the case entered her classroom immediately after the incident, carrying a blood-stained sharp weapon.

According to the student, who also wished to remain anonymous, the suspect, who was a student from the transition class, only entered her class for a short time and did not point the weapon at anyone before leaving the class.

"I felt nervous and scared when the male student entered our class holding that weapon, but he didn't do anything and just went straight to another place," she said.

In the 9.30am incident today at a secondary school in Petaling Jaya, a 16-year-old female student died after she was suspected of being stabbed by a 14-year-old male student.

The victim was found dead with multiple stab wounds on her body in the female washroom area of the school, and the police also found two sharp weapons believed to have been used in the incident.

-- BERNAMA