Boy goes on rampage at Karnataka school, attacks sleeping students with bed rod; 1 dead, several injured

BALLARI: A boy attacked fellow students with a bed rod at a Gurukul residential school in Karnataka’s Ballari district late at night, leaving one student dead and several others injured, police said. According to Ballari police, the incident took place after dinner when the students were asleep in the hostel. The boy went on a rampage and attacked anyone he could find inside the dormitory, according to news agency ANI.In the assault, eight students were injured. One of them later died, while two others sustained serious injuries. Six other children were also hurt in the attack.All the injured students were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.SP Ballari, Dr Suman D.Pennekar says, "Incident of attack by a 15-year-old boy, who is a child in conflict with law, has taken place in a private educational institution on Talur road. The incident happened last night, wherein 8 to 9 students who were residing in hostel premises were assaulted by their own batchmate, who was also residing in the same hostel at around 10:15 PM with a sharp weapon and a rod. These students have sustained various injuries... and one of the students, who is 15 years old, has died due to the injury. Out of them, one student was a girl child, and one of them was the warden who was residing along with the students. The complaint also mentions the negligence by the educational institution. Based on the complaint, an FIR has been registered under appropriate sections against this 15-year-old boy, who is in conflict with the law and also the educational institution's administrative body."