A teacher at a government school in Andhra Pradesh has described the moments of confusion and panic when a 21-year-old man entered a Class 10 classroom carrying a running chainsaw and attacked two girls, leaving one critically injured and in need of emergency surgery.
“Classes were ongoing. The first period was completed, and the classes were continuing. “The classroom doors are generally kept open. Someone came through that door. Before we could realise what was happening, the incident with the boy took place.
Because work was being carried out on the school premises and they assumed that someone might have arrived to carry out a job, the teacher, Rajeshwari, who was present when the attack unfolded, said staff initially struggled to understand what the man was carrying, partly. The incident took place around 10:30 am on Saturday at the Zilla Parishad High School in Raptadu village in Anantapur district, while lessons were underway and students were seated inside their classroom. “I am deeply shaken and enraged by the barbaric attack on a Class 10 student inside her classroom at Raptadu ZP High School. “I am deeply anguished and shocked by the brutal attack on a Class 10 student inside her school in Rapthadu, Anantapur district.
All the children were studying,” the teacher said. The school had work underway on its premises, and the teacher said staff initially thought the sound might be connected to those activities. Attackers who target our young girls inside schools have no place in our society,” Naidu said in a post on social media. Such an inhuman act against a young girl in a place meant for learning and safety is utterly reprehensible,” Lokesh said. “The barbaric chainsaw attack on a Class 10 student inside the classroom at Rapthadu ZP High School exposes the total collapse of law and order under the TDP coalition’s ‘Jungle Raj’,” he said.
