PA School Stabbing

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PA School Stabbing
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Flailing away with two kitchen knives, a
16-year-old boy with a blank expression stabbed
and slashed 21 students and a security guard in
the crowded halls of Franklin Regional High
School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. He was not
stopped until an assistant principal tackled him.
The suspect is Alex Hribal, a sophomore at the
high school where the attack took place. He was
arrested on Wednesday at the scene and later
charged with four counts of attempted homicide
and 21 counts of aggravated assault. He was
treated for a minor hand wound, jailed without
bail, and authorities said he would be prosecuted
as an adult. The injured, five of whom were
critically wounded, were between the ages of 14
and 17 years old. Although some injuries were
life threatening, all are expected to survive due
to the swift reaction and bravery of a number of
students, teachers, and first responders. The
entire event, during which the boy ran wildly
down about 200 feet of hallway, slashing away
with knives 8 to 10 inches long, was over in
about five minutes. Murrysville Police Chief Tom
Seefeld said investigators haven't yet made sense
of the mass stabbing. However, they do believe
the attacks were random with no one being
specifically targeted. Hribal is described as a
typical kid, a B student, who everyone liked
and was not from a dysfunctional family.
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