By Fay Angela D'Cruz and June Ramli

SHAH ALAM: The parents of a Form Five boy wanted in connection with the stabbing of a schoolgirl on Monday morning have agreed to surrender their son to the police.

Shah Alam police chief ACP Nor Azam Jamaluddin said police had been in contact with the boy's parents and an uncle.

"We have spoken to them and they gave their word to surrender their son to us," Nor Azam said, adding that since the suspect was still a schoolboy, police have allowed the parents to bring him in.

"If they don't bring him in, then we will track him down and arrest him."

Meanwhile, the victim, who is also a Form Five student, was discharged from the University Malaya Medical Centre yesterday at 4pm.

Before that, she told the New Straits Times that she had known the boy since she was 13.

"We were just friends but he became very persistent recently, wanting to be more than friends," she said.

"That made me feel very uncomfortable but still, I am surprised by the way he attacked me. That was totally out of character."

The girl was stabbed several times just before the morning bell at SMK Subang here.

She said she had just got to school when the boy approached her and pleaded with her to be his girlfriend.

"I ignored him and continued walking when I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen. Then I saw blood but he did not stop," she said.

"He continued to attack me and only when he heard all the other students scream, he ran off."

It was learnt that the boy was initially not allowed into the school by security guards as he was not in his uniform.

But he got in through another entrance and confronted the girl where he was believed to have stabbed her with an ice pick.

The semi-conscious girl was rushed to hospital by the school authorities.