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Outrage after China officials say schoolgirl stabbed 200 times with sewing awl ‘not bullying’

Classmate also stabs her with paper cutter, forces her to eat paper and pencil lead

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Outrage has erupted in China after officials claimed that a boy who stabbed his classmate over 200 times with a sewing awl did not meet the standards of bullying. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/QQ.com/Taobao
Fran Luin Beijing

China is outraged after officials in eastern China said that a case in which a boy stabbed his classmate more than 200 times with a sewing awl over three months “did not meet the standards of bullying”.

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According to the victim’s parents, their daughter was stabbed in her thigh by a male transfer student at the school in Shandong province, according to the Chinese media outlet Xiaoxiang Morning Herald.

The new student sat next to her in her Primary Six class and jabbed her with the needle of a sewing awl. The needle was about 7 to 8cm long, and he jammed it entirely into her leg, causing muscle injuries.

“It hurt so much, I wanted to die,” the girl said.

The girl revealed that the bullying included more than just sewing awl stabbings; she was also stabbed with a paper cutter, slapped, and forced to eat paper and pencil lead.

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Additionally, she faced social isolation and was blackmailed for hundreds of yuan.

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