Police at Maneet area, Bomet county, are investigating an incident in which a Form four male student attacked a female classmate was attacked with a panga.

Area police boss Francis Kigeri, says the suspect is in custody at Longisa Police Station as investigations continue.

“We are yet to establish the reason behind the heinous attack. We are told both are day scholars but from different villages,” he said.

Area chief Weldon langat said the suspect was intoxicated during the time of arrest.

Howver, authorities are yet to establish where he had been drinking.

The girl was waylaid on her way to school on Tuesday morning and sustained deep cuts on her head and left arm.

A good samaritan took her to Tenwek Mission Hospital where she is currently admitted.

This comes two days after another student in Vihiga was arrested after he reportedly attacked and killed the school guard.

The Form Three student from Nyang’ori Boys Secondary School is said to have become unruly and attacked fellow students when the guard intervened.

The 18-year-old student, according to police reports, then turned on the guard and hit him on the head repeatedly using the rod.

The guard was rescued by colleagues and rushed to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in critical condition.

He however succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the facility.

Cases of delinquency in schools have been on the rise since the reopening, mostly with teachers bearing the brunt.

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