Two students in Tennessee were issued juvenile summonses after a stabbing at a Memphis school, police said.

According to a police report, a male student pulled up a girl's dress inside classroom of Central High School. The victim then grabbed a pair of scissors and tried several times to stab the student before she connected, police said.

The boy was treated by a nurse at the school.

He said he was only playing and never exposed the victim, the police report said.

The male student was issued a juvenile summons for sexual battery, police said. The female student was issued a juvenile summons for aggravated assault.

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