A
16-year-old boy with a 'blank expression' stabbed and slashed 21 students and a
security guard in the crowded halls of his suburban Pittsburgh high school
Wednesday before an assistant principal tackled him.
The
suspect, Alex Hribal, was taken into custody and treated for a minor hand
wound, then was brought into court in shackles and a hospital gown and charged
with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault.
He was
jailed without bail, and authorities said he would be prosecuted as an adult as
they searched his parents home. Hribal
faces four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault and
was ordered to face a preliminary hearing in seven to 10 days.
At least
five students were critically wounded, including a boy whose liver was pierced
by a knife thrust that narrowly missed his heart and aorta, doctors said.
Others also suffered deep abdominal puncture wounds.
The
rampage - which came after decades in which U.S. schools geared much of their
emergency planning toward mass shootings, not stabbings - set off a screaming
stampede, left blood on the floor and walls, and brought teachers rushing to
help the victims.
Police
have so far shed little light on the motive, but said they were investigating
reports of a threatening phone call between the suspect and a student the night
prior.
DailyMail
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