COIMBATORE: A Class 1 student of a private matriculation school in Tirupur died after he was attacked with a stone by a Class 6 student of the same school on Wednesday.

The two boys got into a fight at school which quickly escalated to a physical tussle ending in tragedy. They reached the school at 8.15am. Even before classes began, the duo got into a fight.

"The boys reside in the same area in Karumarapa layam, and travel to school on the same bus," a senior police officer told Times of India.

"As the fight escalated, the boys began beating each other up. The older boy attacked the deceased with a stone on his forehead," said a police official on the case.

In the impact, the 6-year-old collapsed, hitting another stone on the ground. "The fall killed him," said the official.