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| Up to 22 people stabbed at Pennsylvania high school | Up to 22 people stabbed at Pennsylvania high school |
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| An attacker armed with two knives has gone on a rampage at a high school in the US state of Pennsylvania, stabbing 21 students and a security guard. | An attacker armed with two knives has gone on a rampage at a high school in the US state of Pennsylvania, stabbing 21 students and a security guard. |
| A suspect, named as Alex Hribal, 16, was arrested at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville near Pittsburgh, police said. | A suspect, named as Alex Hribal, 16, was arrested at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville near Pittsburgh, police said. |
| He was later charged with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of assault. The injured, some with serious stab wounds, were as young as 14. | |
| All are expected to survive. | All are expected to survive. |
| "There are a number of heroes in this day," Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said in an evening news conference in Murrysville. "Many of them are students: students who stayed with their friends and didn't leave their friends." | |
| 'Frantic' | 'Frantic' |
| Twenty people were transported to nearby hospitals after the attack. Several needed surgery for "significant" stab wounds, with damage to major organs, according to a trauma director at Forbes Hospital. | |
| A 17-year-old patient was also on ventilator after a knife pierced his liver. | A 17-year-old patient was also on ventilator after a knife pierced his liver. |
| The young man will need additional surgery "but we're very hopeful that he will make it through this," Dr Lou Alarcon, a medical director at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, told a local broadcaster. | The young man will need additional surgery "but we're very hopeful that he will make it through this," Dr Lou Alarcon, a medical director at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, told a local broadcaster. |
| The school will be closed for several days as investigators process the crime scene, Gennaro Piraino, superintendent of the Franklin Regional school district, said. | The school will be closed for several days as investigators process the crime scene, Gennaro Piraino, superintendent of the Franklin Regional school district, said. |
| "Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and all of those affected by this awful tragedy," he said. | "Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and all of those affected by this awful tragedy," he said. |
| The attack occurred as students were arriving at the school before 08:00 (12:00 GMT) on Wednesday morning. | The attack occurred as students were arriving at the school before 08:00 (12:00 GMT) on Wednesday morning. |
| Murrysville Police Chief Thomas Seefeld said someone, possibly a student, pulled a fire alarm after seeing the first stabbings. | Murrysville Police Chief Thomas Seefeld said someone, possibly a student, pulled a fire alarm after seeing the first stabbings. |
| The panicked students poured out of the school building, some suffering injuries in the chaos, as police arrived in search of the suspected attacker. | |
| Police have not determined a motive, but investigators are looking into reports of a threatening phone call between the suspect and another student the night before. | Police have not determined a motive, but investigators are looking into reports of a threatening phone call between the suspect and another student the night before. |
| Officials have credited an assistant principal at the school with subduing the suspect, who has been charged as an adult. | Officials have credited an assistant principal at the school with subduing the suspect, who has been charged as an adult. |
| In an interview outside the school, Morris Hundley said his "frantic" 14-year-old daughter Morriah called him to say a friend of hers had been stabbed at the school. | In an interview outside the school, Morris Hundley said his "frantic" 14-year-old daughter Morriah called him to say a friend of hers had been stabbed at the school. |
| "She needed me or my wife to come get her," he said. "She was just frantic, I never heard her talk like that." | "She needed me or my wife to come get her," he said. "She was just frantic, I never heard her talk like that." |