Tamil Nadu Shocker: Class 12 Govt School Student Dies After Being Attacked By 11 Juniors

A Class 12 student of a government school near in Kumbakonam has succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning after he was allegedly attacked by a group of Class 11 students, police said.

Fourteen class 11 students of Government Arignar Anna Model Higher Secondary School in Patteeswaram allegedly attacked their senior student on December 4, following a clash between their respective classes, they added.

The accused students hit the boy on the head with a stick, leaving him seriously injured, police said.

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The boy’s parents rushed to the school on being informed and admitted him to the Government Hospital in Kumbakonam. He was later shifted to a private hospital in Thanjavur for further treatment, police said. He had to be operated on to remove the blood clot in his brain.

On Sunday, around 2.30 am, he succumbed to his injuries, police confirmed. The 14 accused have been arrested and lodged in a juvenile home.

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Patteeswaram Police said they had initially registered an attempt to murder case. “After post-mortem, we’ll alter it into a murder case,” an official said.

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