A GRADE 9 pupil from Swakopmund is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed in the neck and chest by a classmate last week. Marshall Maasdorp (14) from Westside High School in Vineta was stabbed with a steak knife after an argument with another pupil. Maasdorp said initially he did not feel the stab wounds, but when he started chasing the culprit, it felt as “something exploded in my chest” and he started bleeding badly. Maasdorp had to be operated on soon afterwards. Local police have opened a case of assault. – The Namibian