Teacher stabbed dead in Faridabad school, suspect arrested

A 30-year-old teacher was stabbed to death inside a private school in Faridabad, Haryana, on Monday, August 3, 2026, in a brazen daytime attack that has raised serious security concerns. Police have since arrested a 21-year-old man, identified as Amit, who allegedly confessed to stalking the victim.

According to police, the assailant entered the school in Sikrauna village between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., his face covered with a white cloth. He asked for the teacher and confronted her. Inspector Kewal Singh, the Station House Officer of Sector 58 police station, said the man dragged the teacher from her classroom and attacked her with a knife. The victim, a mother of two, sustained at least 18 to 20 stab wounds, primarily to her neck and chest.

Hearing her screams, other staff members rushed to the scene but were allegedly threatened and chased away by the attacker, who then fled the premises. The teacher was rushed to a hospital, where she was declared dead.

Police moved quickly, arresting the suspect, a resident of Kot village, within hours of the incident. During preliminary interrogation, the accused told investigators he had known the victim for about two years as she...