BAJAUR: A student of a local school was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of boys in Mamond teshil of Bajaur tribal district on Sunday.

Local people and Rescue 1122 officials said the incident occurred in Damadola Dingsar area at about 10am.

The residents said the incident happened following an exchange of harsh words between the victim and a group of boys over a petty issue near the former`s residence.

After the exchange, some boys attacked the victim identified as Suleman Khan, 16, with knives, leaving him critically injured,` said the residents.According to them, the victim was immediately shifted to the district headquarters hospital, Khar, for treatment but he couldn`t survive due to excessive bleeding.

They said the heart and some other sensitive organs of the victim were badly affected in the attack. The victim was son of a promi-nent government contractor, Ahmad Khan.

The residents said that the boys involved in the incident fled from the scene after committing the crime.

`We have launched efforts to arrest those persons involved in the incident after registering a case against them in a local police station,` a police official told Dawn, saying the investigation would prove the exact cause of the incident and identify the assailants involved in it.

To a question about how to prevent the possible clash between the families of the victim and the assailants, the official said they had already requested the local elders to calm the situation as per the local traditions.