SHAH ALAM: The 14-year-old male student who allegedly fatally stabbed his 16-year-old schoolmate at SMK Bandar Utama 4, is believed to have secretly harboured romantic feelings towards the victim.
Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Shazeli Kahar said initial investigations revealed that the suspect had strong emotions for the victim, despite the two being in different classes.
"Both students were from the transition stream, with the suspect in Form One and the victim in Form Three.
"Investigations so far found that the suspect had feelings for the victim but never expressed them.
"He kept them to himself. The victim was also unaware of the suspect's feelings," he told a press conference at the state police headquarters on Wednesday (Oct 15).
Comm Shazeli stressed that there was no prior relationship or interaction between the two before the incident.
"It is believed that emotional impulses and the influence of social media have been identified as factors that may have led the suspect to behave in such a manner," he said.
He added the police are still investigating claims of rejected love as there is no clear evidence of either party's emotions.
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