A seven-year-old boy allegedly slit his four-year-old cousin’s throat during a fight while playing outside their house in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district on Sunday. The incident happened in Chopula locality of Nawabganj area where both families live and earn their living by working as labourers.

According to the police, when their fathers had gone out to work, the boys were fighting while playing. The older boy then stormed inside his house and returned with a knife and attacked the younger cousin, after which the latter fell down and lost consciousness. He sustained a deep cut on his chin and throat.