{
  "id": 15876935,
  "title": "Student brings firecrackers, axe to school, injures teacher in Sarawak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/student-brings-firecrackers-axe-to-school-injures-teacher-in-sarawak",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T10:39:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1560752/student-brings-firecrackers-axe-school-injures-teacher-sarawak"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Kuching, a 16-year-old student brought firecrackers and an axe to an international school, injuring a female teacher. Kuching district police received an emergency alert at 8:03am, which led them to investigate the incident. The victim suffered a cut on her hand. The police are probing the case under Section 324 of the Penal Code and Section 6(1) of the Explosives Act 1957. The student was arrested and is currently in the psychiatric ward of Sarawak General Hospital. Authorities are conducting a thorough investigation to determine the incident's cause and collect pertinent evidence.",
  "summary": "KUCHING: A 16-year-old male student allegedly brought firecrackers and an axe to an international school here this morning, injuring a female teacher.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Teacher injured while disarming student in Kuching school",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/teacher-injured-while-disarming-student-in-kuching-school",
        "published": "2026-10-21T08:10:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Video of Kuching international school student's penknife attack goes viral",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/video-of-kuching-international-school-students-penknife-attack-goes",
        "published": "2026-10-21T09:07:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}