Kasargod : A mentally ill person, brutally stabbed to death a eight-year-old school boy on Thursday morning at Kallyat near Periya.

The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Fahad (8), son of Abbas and Ayesha, residents of Periya.

Fahad was studying in class III at Periya Kallyat government school and on his way to the school when a mentally ill person stabbed him from back without any reason.

The accused Vijayan(30) first tried to scare the school kids and then stabbed the boy near to his school. On scared school kids screaming out of fear, the locals rushed to the spot and though a severely injured Fahad was rushed to the hospital he had breathed his last on the way.

The accused Vijayan was caught by the locals and handed over to the police.

It is said, Vijayan, a coolie worker , he was arrested for his mental attitude some years ago.

A case has been registered at Bekal police station