A senior-high school student was in critical condition yesterday afternoon after a younger student allegedly stabbed him in the neck with what appeared to be a pair of scissors in New Taipei City’s Ruifang District (瑞芳), police said.
The 16-year-old victim was found unconscious with a neck wound and went into cardiac arrest before arriving at Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment, emergency responders said.
The two students got into a confrontation on Minsheng Street about 4:15pm, the Ruifang police precinct said.
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Police did not disclose the students’ names or the school they attended, but a preliminary investigation found that the two attended the same school.
The alleged assailant, a junior-high school student who subsequently turned himself in, said the victim had mocked him in the past and had provoked him again that day, police said.
The suspect became angry and allegedly used a pair of scissors lying near a shop to stab the victim, police said.
The two students attended the same private school in Ruifang District and the confrontation occurred off campus after classes, the New Taipei City Education Department said.
The school immediately sent staff to the hospital to check on the victim and learn more about the incident after being notified, the department said.
The school said it would continue to provide care, counseling and other assistance to the students and their families as needed, it said.