ZOOMBANGLA DESK : A woman stabbed five schoolgirls after storming a classroom at Jamalpur Girls High School in Sadullahpur upazila of Gaibandha district on Tuesday.
The attacker, Jannati Akhter, 21, the wife of Ashiq Mia of Goyeshpur village in Jamalpur union, was detained after the incident and taken to Sadullahpur Police Station.
Of the injured, three students — Setu, Mitu and Rabeya were admitted to the Upazila Health Complex, while the other two were given first aid.
Setu sustained a knife attack in her left hand, Mitu in the back, and Rabeya in her two legs and head.
The injured are the students of Class VI of the school.
At about 10am, the students were in the classroom while some were on the veranda.
All of a sudden, the woman with a knife entered the classroom and attacked the students.
Seeing the scene, other students rescued their classmates and held the woman.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadullahpur Police Station Mohammad Shafiqul Islam told the Daily Sun that they arrested the woman and interrogated her. A case is underway against her, he added.
In response to a question about whether the woman is mentally imbalanced, the OC said they do not think so after talking to her. He said they are trying to know the reason behind the attack.
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