Police: 12 year old Jamaica boy fatally stabbed by classmate in classroom

KINGSTON, Jamaica _ Police say a 12-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by a sixth-grade classmate at a Jamaican school.

Authorities say Shaheim Lewis was killed Monday inside a classroom of the Barrett Town All Age School in the northern parish of St. James. An 11-year-old student has been taken into custody.

Police report that the two children got into a fight and the younger student pulled a knife on his classmate.

The island’s education ministry says it has sent a “trauma team” to the school. Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says guidance counsellors have also been made available to the accused student’s relatives.

The Associated Press