PETALING JAYA: Parents of students at the Bandar Utama school where a female student was murdered on Tuesday (Oct 14) have called for follow-up action to ensure the safety of their children.
Johari Hashim, 58, who has two twin sons studying in Form Two at the school involved, described the incident as extremely shocking.
The self-employed man said that a crime involving the use of weapons among students was something that had never crossed his mind.
"I am very shocked by this incident. In my time, the worst we did was fight and punch each other; we never thought of stabbing or using weapons," he said when met by Bernama.
Johari hopes that the school authorities will take more serious follow-up action to ensure better student safety in the future.
Another parent of a student at the school also said that they hoped the school would take action so that this incident does not recur.
"I found out about the incident when I arrived at the school to send food to my child and saw students being asked to leave the school. My daughter is also worried after this incident," said the father, who declined to be named.
Meanwhile, a Form One student at the school claimed to have experienced a tense situation when the suspect in the case entered her classroom immediately after the incident, carrying a blood-stained sharp weapon.
According to the student, who also wished to remain anonymous, the suspect, who was a student from the transition class, only entered her class for a short time and did not point the weapon at anyone before leaving the class.
"I felt nervous and scared when the male student entered our class holding that weapon, but he didn't do anything and just went straight to another place," she said.
In the 9.30am incident at a secondary school in Petaling Jaya, a 16-year-old female student died after she was suspected of being stabbed by a 14-year-old male student.
The victim was found dead with multiple stab wounds on her body in the female washroom area of the school, and the police also found two sharp weapons believed to have been used in the incident.
