BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — A Grade 9 student was stabbed by a Grade 10 student in Teachers Village, Barangay 2 of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday afternoon, June 23.

The incident happened around 3:40 p.m., just outside the Julio Ledesma National High School (JLNHS).

Both teenagers are 17 years old, the Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) reported.

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The PRO-NIR said that the Grade 9 student sustained a stab wound to the lower right side of his abdomen and was immediately rushed to the San Carlos City Hospital. He remains conscious and is receiving appropriate medical care.FEATURED STORIES