'They're kids, too': Mother of 16-year-old stabbing victim says she forgives attackers but wants change

What led to a 16-year-old’s fatal stabbing at a school in Montreal’s West Island this week still isn’t clear—at least in terms of what kind of conflict sparked a fight Tuesday among several boys.

However, what is clear is that at least one of those teenagers was carrying a knife and that is what cost Lucas Gaudet his life, his mother said.

“Why are kids walking around with knives and guns in their possessions? When we were growing up, it wasn’t like that,” Lynne Baudouy told CTV News.

“You know, we didn't have to worry about, if we did get into a fight, that we're going to get stabbed or shot.”

Lucas, who died Thursday after his brain was deprived of oxygen during the stabbing two days earlier, was “a gift” and “the best child any parent could have ever asked for,” said Baudouy.