A five-year-old boy in Bihar reached his school with a handgun on Wednesday and opened fire on another child, leaving the Class III student injured, police said.
The shocking incident took place in the north Bihar district of Supaul where the boy, a nursery student, had gone to school with the firearm hidden in his bag.
According to Superintendent of Police, Shaishav Yadav, “The student fired at a 10-year-old boy, who studies in the same school in Class III. The bullet hit his arm. The injured boy has been rushed to a hospital. We are trying to find out how the boy got to lay his hands on the firearm and managed to carry it to the private school, which is situated in Lalpatti area.”