24-Injured In Stabbing At High School

Photo Credit: Bill Rehkop f /NewsRadio

Photo Credit: Bill Rehkop f /NewsRadio

At least 24-people have been injured in a stabbing at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville.

The attack occurred in crowded hallways just minutes before the start of school.

Westmoreland County updated the victim count late Wednesday evening, saying 24-people had been injured. (21-students stabbed, 1-security guard stabbed, and 2-others injured)

At least five students were critically wounded, including a boy who was on a ventilator after a knife pierced his liver, missing his heart and aorta by only millimeters, doctors said. An injured school officer was discharged.

A school security guard called in the stabbing at 7:13 a.m.

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