A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death at Vallikunnam in Alappuzha on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Abhimanyu of Padayanivettom.
He was a student of Amrita Higher Secondary School, Vallikunnam.
According to police, a gang stabbed him during a festival at Padayanivettom temple around 9.30 p.m. Two other people who were injured in the clash were admitted to a hospital.
The police said that they suspected the incident was the sequel to a clash that occurred during a temple festival the other day.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has blamed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers for the murder.
