The secondary education student who allegedly stabbed his classmate to death at school this morning will be sent for psychiatric assessment, according to Pol Col Vachirakorn Wongboon, superintendent of Khlong Ton police.
He said that, during an initial conversation, the boy did not show any signs or symptoms of being a “special child” and the school insisted that it has no record that he is or has been undergoing psychiatric treatment and, therefore, he cannot be legally categorised as a “special child”, a term used for children who have special needs.
He disclosed, however, that the boy claimed that he had a quarrel with the victim in the past, but other classmates maintain that the two boys have not been engaged in any disagreement.
The suspect, whose name is being withheld due to his young age, has been charged by the police with manslaughter and for illegally carrying a…
