A 16-year-old girl has died after getting into a fight with another girl over a boy in a school bathroom.

Officials say the fight broke out Thursday morning before classes at Howard High School of Technology, a vocational school in Wilmington, Delaware.

Students who witnessed the deadly scuffle say that two girls started fighting in one of the women's bathrooms over a boy, when a gang of other girls jumped the victim.

At one point, someone banged the girl's head on a sink, according to witnesses who spoke with 6ABC.

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A 16-year-old girl has died after being attacked by a group in the women's bathroom at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware Thursday morning. Above, paramedics wheeling the student out of the school on Thursday

The girl - who has not been identified - was flown by helicopter to A.I. DuPont Children's Hospital in critical condition. She as later pronounced dead at the hospital

Kaya Wilson was in a stall when the fight broke out and spoke with the local news station after leaving school.

'She was fighting a girl, and then that's when all these other girls started banking her -like jumping her - and she hit her head on the sink,' Wilson said.

The victim - who has not been identified - was flown to A.I. DuPont Children's Hospital in critical condition, where she was later pronounced dead.The cause of death has not been confirmed

News media outlets quoted Police Chief Bobby Cummings as saying that two female students were taken to police headquarters for questioning.

'My heart bleeds for the family,' Mayor Dennis Williams told a news conference.

Two female students are being interviewed by police, a spokesman for Wilmington's mayor confirmed

The cause of the death for the as-yet-unnamed female is student is still not know. Above, a crime scene vehicle at the school on Thursday

Mayor Dennis William was emotional as he announced the female student's death on Thursday

Classes were cancelled at the vocational school on Thursday after the deadly attack. It's still unclear whether school will reopen on Friday

A student cries in front of Howard High School of Technology on Thursday, April 21, 2016 in Wilmington, Del. A city official said a student has died after a confrontation inside the school

Sherry Dorsey Walker, a Wilmington city councilwoman, says she has known the victim and her family for quite some time and had been asked by the family to speak on their behalf.

Dorsey Walker says the family is asking for spiritual healing in the community and no retaliation. She says they're also 'asking people to just be calm and pray for them.'

The councilwoman described the victim as 'a wonderful human being,' adding that 'her loss is a big void, not just in the family.' Dorsey Walker would not confirm the victim's name.

Nathaniel Kenyatta, a freshman at the school, was friends with the victim and spoke to Delaware Online on Thursday.

He says he met her in a HVAC class and that she was an easy person to talk to.

'She was very open,' he said. 'I feel bad for the people who have known her for years.'

Howard isn't known as a violent school and Cummings said he did not know of any other problems in recent days.

Meanwhile, school has been cancelled for the day and it's unclear whether it will reopen tomorrow.