J&K Student Uses Pepper Spray At Self-Defence Event, 13 Hospitalised

The self-defence event was conducted for students at Government Girls Higher Secondary School in the Handwara area

Over a dozen students of a government school in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district had to be hospitalised after they fell unconscious during a self-defence event on Thursday, officials said.

One of the students sprayed pepper spray during the self-defence event due to which 13 female students fell unconscious, they said.

Officials said the students were immediately shifted to a hospital for treatment.