India, April 16 -- A Class 8 student was injured after being attacked with a machete by his classmate after a month-old fight over a pencil between them turned violent in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district on Tuesday, police said, adding that doctors stated the condition of the minor to be out of danger.

"Both the boys are friends, and used to sit together on the same bench," assistant commissioner of police of Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Suresh (goes by single name) told reporters after conducting inquiries at the private school where the incident took place.

"They fought over a pencil and stopped speaking to each other. One boy attacked the other using a machete. The victim has suffered injuries in three places, but he is out of danger...