A 15-year-old Class 10 schoolgirl was stabbed multiple times in broad daylight outside her home in Kushtia, Bangladesh, in a shocking attack that has again raised alarm over rising violent behavior among teenagers and the growing vulnerability of young women and girls.
According to police and local sources, the incident took place around 1:11 p.m. on Monday (9 November) in the Thana Para area of Kushtia city. The girl, a resident of Faridpur district whose family has long lived on the third floor of a building in the area, had just returned home after her SSC selection exams at Kushtia Mission Secondary School.
She was standing downstairs and ringing the doorbell when a teenage boy approached her from behind and repeatedly stabbed her.
She tried to protect herself with her hands and screamed. Within roughly 30 seconds, the attacker stabbed her several times—sometimes while holding her hair—before dropping the knife and fleeing.
neighbor, Shahadat Hossain, whose sister witnessed the attack from the balcony, rushed outside and saw the boy attacking the girl, who was still in her school uniform. The girl collapsed on the road in front of the building. Her mother ran down, was overwhelmed by the sight of her bloodied daughter, and quickly arranged a rickshaw to take her to Kushtia General Hospital.
Doctors at the hospital said the girl suffered at least six stab wounds, including deep cuts on her hand and other parts of her body. A surgery department physician, Zahid Iqbal, reported that there were three deep wounds (two of them on the hand) plus additional injuries; all were stitched. She remains under treatment and is currently described as out of immediate danger, though her condition was initially serious.
Police have recovered the knife used in the attack and identified the suspect—a Class 10 student from a school in the city—from multiple CCTV footages at the building. Additional Superintendent of Police Faisal Mahmud, the Kushtia district police spokesperson, confirmed that operations are underway to arrest him. Police have also launched an anti-teenage gang drive in the city and taken 14 people to the station for questioning by 6 p.m.
The girl’s father, a regional marketing representative for a pharmaceutical company, said he was away on work when he received a call from his wife. He rushed to the hospital and remains baffled about the motive, noting that his daughter had never mentioned any prior harassment or threat.
This incident is a stark reminder of the troubling rise in violent behavior among teenagers and youth. The willingness of a schoolboy to carry out such a brutal, public attack on a fellow student in the middle of the day reflects a dangerous erosion of restraint and respect. It adds to broader concerns about the increasing incidence of violence against women and girls, including sexual abuse and rape, as well as the role of cyber-bullying and online harassment in normalizing aggression toward females.
Society, schools, families, and authorities must confront these trends urgently—through stronger prevention, education on consent and non-violence, effective policing, and support systems—before more young lives are endangered.