Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Police have arrested a teenager over the stabbing of a schoolgirl outside her home in Kushtia following allegations that she had been harassed on her way to and from school.

The suspect was arrested during an operation in Patikabari village of Kushtia Sadar Upazila around 1am on Tuesday, said Kushtia Model Police Station chief Mohammad Zakir Hossain.

The victim, a Class 10 student at Kushtia Mission Secondary School, was attacked on Monday as she returned home after a school test.

Police said she was ringing the doorbell outside her home in the Thanapara area when a young man approached from behind and repeatedly stabbed her with a knife.

She tried to fend off the attack with her hands and screamed for help. The atta...