KUCHING, Oct. 28 -- Police are awaiting a forensic psychiatric report on the 16-year-old student involved in an axe attack on a teacher at a private school here before drawing any conclusions about his mental state during the October 21 incident.

Acting Sarawak police commissioner DCP Shaifullizan Ishak said the assessment is necessary to establish whether the student was aware of his actions or was acting in a state beyond his control at the time.

"We are still waiting for the forensic psychiatric report. I cannot draw any conclusions until we receive the report," he told a press conference here.

He said the student remained hospitalised and was receiving treatment, while the forensic psychiatric assessment is still in progress.

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