Monday, February 13, 2012

2 students hurt in hammer attack at Columbine

Two Columbine High School students were injured today in a hammer attack by a 14-year-old girl, according to news reports.

Update at 4:45 p.m. ET: The teen suspect warned a school employee ahead of the attack, AP says.

The head of security for the Jefferson County School District, John McDonald, says that the girl attacked a 15-year-old girl in a bathroom and that a male student was hurt when he intervened.

Still no word on the conditions of the injured or on the identities of those involved.

Original post: A 14-year-old Columbine High student has been arrested for attacking two other students with a hammer at the infamous Denver-area school, the Associated Press reports.

A Jefferson County sheriff's spokeswoman said that the attack happened this morning but that the conditions of the injured students were not known. The suspect is facing assault charges.

The school was the scene of the April 1999 massacre by two students who killed themselves after murdering 12 students and teacher and wounding 26 others.

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