Police say the victim is expected to make a full recovery and the suspect was taken into custody.
A 17-year-old student was stabbed Thursday morning at a school in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Brockton police said they responded to a report of an attack with a knife shortly around 9:30 a.m. at the Brockton Therapeutic Day School on Warren Avenue, which includes about 40 students from grades 3 to 12.
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The male victim, who school officials confirmed is a student, remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. He is responsive and alert and school administrators are with him.
Police said they have a 16-year-old male suspect in custody — the age was initially given as 17 — who school officials confirmed is also a student. He was was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
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The Brockton Police Department said Thursday night that the teenager faces charges of attempted murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and carrying a dangerous weapon on school grounds.
"All students were held in their classrooms for approximately one hour while police and school administrators investigated the incident," Brockton Public Schools said in a statement.
The injured student is doing well, said school Superintendent Mike Thomas, who visited the student at the hospital soon after he was admitted.
"He said, 'Mr. Thomas, I always wanted to meet you,'" the superintendent told reporters outside the school.
He commended a staff member who "leapt into action and took down the student with the knife" as the incident unfolded near the gymnasium and a school nurse who immediately provided first aid.
The school, which provides specialized education, was already reeling from the death of a student who was killed earlier this week.
"We're living in tough times, especially in school systems. We live in a violent society," Thomas said.
Mayor Robert Sullivan also noted the suffering the school was already going through, and said that on Thursday, "a true tragedy was avoided." He thanked the staff at Good Samaritan Medical Center for providing quick care amid the influx of patients it's dealing with from the closure of Brockton Hospital.
