October 9, 2024
Porus High student stabbed reportedly over $200
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 16-year-old Porus High School student has been hospitalised after he was stabbed allegedly by his schoolmate during an altercation on the school grounds on Wednesday afternoon.
Preliminary reports from the police are that sometime before 5:00 pm the teenager was on school compounds when he and another student had an argument reportedly over $200.
The argument escalated in a physical confrontation when one student pushed the other and a ratchet knife was used to stab the schoolboy in his side.
He was rushed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital where he has since been stabilised by doctors and admitted.
— Kasey Williams