Seventh-Graders Tackle 12-Year-Old After Virginia School Knife Attack Injures Teacher
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Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 13
Seventh-Graders Tackle 12-Year-Old After Virginia School Knife Attack Injures Teacher
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 13
Summary
Jonesville Middle School students subdued a 12-year-old boy after he allegedly stabbed a teacher with a knife, with Sheriff Gary Parsons saying several seventh-graders tackled and controlled him.
The teacher suffered non-life-threatening injuries and received stitches, while all other students and staff were reported safe.
Parsons said the suspect used a cutlery knife taken from the school kitchen before being taken into custody.
The boy now faces aggravated malicious wounding and assault and battery charges in the western Virginia school attack.