ISLAMABAD: A student of class seven died of a bullet injury in his school in Dhoke Abbasi, Tarnol on Monday.

Police officials said a handwritten note found with the victim’s younger brother suggests he might have committed suicide.

The school’s principal had brought in the victim, Osama, to the hospital with a bullet injury to his abdomen where he was shortly pronounced dead. When they were informed, the police took the body into their custody.

Preliminary investigations suggest Osama may have killed himself because he did not get a reply from a teacher he liked.

“The last person he talked to was his younger brother, who is a second grader. During the break, Osama handed him a letter to give to the principal,” a police official said.

On his way to the principal’s office, the victims’ brother heard a gunshot and when he went back, he found his brother bleeding in the classroom.

The note that the victim wrote was in Urdu, with a few English words and was addressed to the principal in which he has said that the pistol he is using is his father’s. He has requested the principal to save his father if any action is taken against him.

In the letter, Osama asked the principal to save his life and that he did not want to die.

“Why will people not let you live,” he has asked and has professed his love for a teacher, after asking the principal to convince his family to let him marry the teacher. He has also left directions for disposing of the weapon.

According to the police, the victim’s family maintains the letter is not written by Osama as it did not match his handwriting.

Published in Dawn January 17th, 2017