The Petersfield High School student who was injured in this morning’s stabbing incident, has been released from hospital.

The incident unfolded after another student reportedly removed a knife from her underwear and repeatedly stabbed another student.

Following the brawl, the remaining students were released from lessons at 10:30 am after two brawls ensued.

Both brawls were subsequently diffused.

Since the resumption of face-to-face classes, there has been a steady increase in the reports of students engaging in knife wielding brawls.

Last week, a 16-year-old student from the William Knibb High School in Trelawny, Khamal Hall, was stabbed and kill by another student over a guard ring.

According to reports, shortly after 11, Hall was in the school’s compound when an altercation ensued with another student

The accused reportedly used a knife to stab the deceased in the upper region of his back.