A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death at Phingilili Junior Secondary School in Eastern Cape's Bityi locality, police said on Tuesday.

The boy was chatting with a 14-year-old boy in class on Monday afternoon when they started quarrelling, said Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela.

The older boy drew a knife and stabbed the 14-year-old, who in turn drew his own knife and stabbed his attacker to death.

The 14-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment to his stab wound and was then arrested.

He would appear in the Bityi Periodical Court on a charge of murder, said Fatyela.

Sapa