10th standard boy stabbed to death

A tenth standard student was today stabbed to death allegedly by a former student and his friends following a scuffle near a government school at Yelahanka here, police said.

The incident took place as the school was observing its annual day function this afternoon.

Police said a fight broke out between some boys over an issue following which 15 year-old Harsha was stabbed with a knife.

Passersby noticed the boy lying in a pool of blood and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought dead, they said.

School authorities claimed that the incident did not take place inside the school premises.