A schoolboy has reportedly stabbed his 12-year-old classmate through the skull with a metal file after a petty row at school.
Shocking images of the boy Muhammad Antar Muhammad in local media in Mansoura, Egypt – show him with the file embedded in his head under his left ear.
The spike, which would usually have a handle covering it, had penetrated 5cm into Muhammad’s skull.
Five hours of painstaking surgery meant part of Muhammad’s skull had to be removed and then replaced so doctors could treat the injury.
Officials at the University Emergency Hospital say he is recovering in an intensive care unit ward.
Medics took time to praise those that had called emergency services and did not attempt to remove the file until the boy was in hospital where it was removed professionally.
Medics said it is still too early to know if and what lasting damage was caused by the horrific injury.
Local police are reportedly investigating the incident, although it is believed the other attacker was under the age of criminal responsibility.
The police did not reveal the cause of the argument that saw one of the youngsters using the file as a weapon and ram it into the other’s head
