Boy accused of stabbing girl 93 times claims fatal attack was 'self defence'

Boy accused of stabbing girl 93 times claims fatal attack was 'self defence'A 13-year-old girl 'sneaked out of her home' in the early hours of the morning but her dead body with 93 stab wounds was tragically later discovered - a 16-year-old has been charged with murderNewsElizabeta Ranxburgaj20:20, 17 Apr 2026View 4 ImagesMalakiah Harris was charged with first-degree murder(Image: Knox County Sheriff's Office)A teenager who allegedly stabbed a 13-year-old girl 93 times in a deadly attack supposedly claimed it was "self-defence".‌Malakiah Harris, now 16, was accused of killing Savannah Copeland when he was just 15 years old then allegedly bragged that he got his "first body".‌The teen has been charged with first-degree murder and faces two charges of tampering with evidence, following the 13-year-old's death and a judge ruled, earlier this year, that the 16-year-old will be tried as an adult.‌Savannah had allegedly sneaked out of her home, in Tennessee, to meet up with Harris and his brother, on October 24, 18 months ago in 2024.View 4 ImagesMalakiah Harris in court(Image: WBIR)The trio were supposedly meant to meet up in the early hours of the morning to get a vape but Harris claimed to detectives that: "I turned around and she was coming at me."‌Court documents said Savannah was stabbed at least 93 times, mostly on her upper body, on the Powell walking trail near Knoxville, Tennesee.The suspect allegedly continued to stab the 13-year-old as she tried to run away, and the two brothers supposedly left her body on the ground and walked back home, according to US TV Network Law & Crime.View 4 ImagesSavannah Copeland's body was found with stab wounds(Image: Fox 8)‌Savannah's twin brother and the Harris' brother were friends, according to police. Harris allegedly told his brother: "All you need to know is it was self-defence."The then 15-year-old supposedly went into school the next...