Forced to eat humble pie after his proposal to a 14-year-old schoolgirl went sour, a 17-year-old boy exacted his revenge by stabbing her on Monday morning. Just 15 days ago, he had waited outside her school to ask her out, but the girl not only rejected his advances, but also slapped him.

The 14-year-old ran the whole 1.5 km from her school to her home, with her assailants hard on her heels. They eventually caught up with her on the staircase of her building, where her admirer stabbed her in the abdomen. Pic/Hanif Patel