Sir: Like something out of a horror movie, reports are emerging from Faisalabad about a six-year-old student being tortured to death by classmates within their school premises. The minor, Shahzaib, when trying to leave the government school during recess, had a skirmish with some of his classfellows at the gate of the school because they were not allowing him to leave. They started beating him with sticks so viciously that he died on the spot. It is also being alleged that school staff did not rush to his aid and give him required medical attention. I cannot even begin to imagine what kind of country we are living in, where children are now murdering one another. I cannot bear to wonder what will happen another generation or two down the line. How is it possible that minors are capable of something so evil and tragic it would shame even the most cold-hearted? My prayers are with the victim’s family. SYEDA FATIMA Lahore