Girl in serious condition after stabbing at South Australian high school

A teenage school girl is in a serious condition after she was stabbed by another student at a high school in South Australia.

The injured teenager, 17, is in a serious condition after she was stabbed by a fellow student at Renmark high school in the state’s Riverland region on Tuesday afternoon, police say.

The female student arrested over the incident is 18 years old. She is now in police custody.

The school, located close to the border with Victoria, was thrown into lockdown and an ambulance was called after the stabbing. School staff provided first aid until paramedics arrived, and eventually students were let out for the day.

The school’s principal, Mat Evans, released a statement on social media on Tuesday afternoon expressing shock at the incident.

“We share your shock at this event which we are treating with the utmost seriousness,” he said.

“It is our understanding that the incident is the result of a dispute between two students and did not represent a specific threat to the wider school community.”



In a statement, the SA department of education said it was “liaising with the school to ensure appropriate responses are put in place, including counselling and support for students and staff.”

“An assessment is being made as to whether additional security measures are required.”

As the news spread on social media, some parents expressed anger that they weren’t notified sooner.

“When the schools go into lock down [why] is there not a mass text message sent out to inform parents?” one parent wrote on the school’s Facebook page.

“I have a child in the primary school and didn’t know anything until 3:25 yet they’d been under their desks for 30 minutes. I understand protocol and all but emergency procedures these days should be automatically sending parents information asap.”