- CCTV footage appears to show a schoolboy shoot a fellow pupil in a classroom
- The pair, aged 16 or 17, had a disagreement two days earlier in Sonipat, India
- Two boys are said to have smuggled a gun into their school before using weapon
This is the horrifying moment a pupil appears to shoot a fellow classmate after a minor disagreement in front of terrified students.
Footage shows the Indian teenager pulling a handgun from a bag before allegedly shooting another schoolboy inside the classroom.
The victim then fell to the floor and struggled to get up as two boys sprinted off away from the scene.
The incident at the Industrial Training Institute in Sonipat, northern India, involved students aged 16 or 17 and is said to have followed a bust-up two days earlier.
One of the schoolboys was carrying a bag and approached one of his classmates in Sonipat
He seemed to shoot the victim, who ended up on the floor and was struggling to get back up
Two friends are said to have smuggled a gun into school before allegedly shooting the pupil in front of a dozen classmates.
Photographs taken after the incident showed blood on the classroom floor.
The victim is in a critical condition at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak.
Rahul Dev, Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the search for the perpetrators is still ongoing.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sonepat, Rahul Dev, was quoted by news agency PTI and described the incident.
Two boys then sprinted away and left the schoolboy on the floor as other students rushed over to help
Blood was left on the floor inside the classroom and police in northern India are still investigating
He said: ‘CCTV footage purportedly shows two boys approaching the victim from behind, who was chatting with other students in the classroom.
‘One of the two boys then took out a pistol from his bag and shot the victim in the back.
‘As the victim fell from the bench he was sitting on, both the accused fled from the spot.’