‘Shy’ student held in mass stabbing at Pa. school

USA TODAY — A male sophomore described as “really shy”‘ went on a slashing and stabbing rampage Wednesday with two kitchen knives at a Murrysville, Pa., high school, injuring at least 19 students before he was subdued and handcuffed, police said.

At least eight people were hospitalized with serious injuries, many with deep puncture wounds to the abdomen, hospital officials said.

Doctors said a 17-year-old male student was in critical condition after being stabbed in his liver, diaphragm and major blood vessels, but that the blade missed his heart and aorta during the attack.

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