Franklin Regional High School stabbing
| Franklin Regional High School stabbing | |
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| Location | Murrysville, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°25′45″N 79°40′09″W / 40.42917°N 79.66917°WCoordinates: 40°25′45″N 79°40′09″W / 40.42917°N 79.66917°W |
| Date | April 9, 2014 c. 7:13 a.m. – c. 7:18 a.m. |
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Attack type
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Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Kitchen knives |
| Deaths | 0 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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20 students, 1 Security Guard |
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Suspected perpetrator
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Alex Hribal |
On April 9, 2014, a mass stabbing and slashing incident took place at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania where 21 people were injured, including the perpetrator. The suspect, identified by police as Alex Hribal, a 16-year-old male student at the school, was armed with two knives and was taken into custody by police. He has been charged as an adult with attempted homicide and aggravated assault.
At around 7:13 a.m., the attacker, armed with a pair of 8-inch kitchen knives and wearing all-black clothing, stabbed and slashed students in the first-floor science hallway, just minutes before the start of school. At least six of the first students he stabbed were in a large crowd and only noticed that they were bleeding, not knowing that they were intentionally stabbed. Witnesses described the attacker as appearing emotionless during the rampage. The attacker was then subdued by the assistant principal, Sam King, with the help of a student, Ian Griffith, after spotting a school resource officer who was wounded. When he was restrained by King, the attacker said he would not drop the knives because "my work is not done, I have more people to kill." He was later treated for injuries to his hand. Five minutes after the stabbings began, police arrived and secured the school.
A total of 22 people suffered stabbing injuries during the rampage. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) treated twelve patients. UPMC officials stated that two boys were in critical condition, two boys were in serious condition, and a boy and two girls were in fair condition. One victim was placed on a ventilator after a knife pierced his liver, while another suffered an open wound to the face that required 11 stitches. Five UPMC patients had been discharged as of April 9: three boys, a girl, and an adult. The teenage victims ranged in age from 14 to 17. According to officials, none of the victims appeared to be specifically targeted. In addition to the stabbing victims, two other students suffered unrelated injuries while fleeing the school, and the attacker suffered injuries to his hand. On April 23, two victims were discharged from hospitals. On May 18, Greg Keener, the last of the victims, was discharged from Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville.
Eight of the injured people were taken to Forbes Regional Hospital in nearby Monroeville shortly thereafter. These people were hospitalized because they had suffered serious injuries, including "deep wounds to the abdomen", according to hospital officials. Witnesses say that the perpetrator, after stabbing the victims, "just got up and ran away really fast." Of the 22 victims, 21 were students and the other was a school resource officer. The affected school district, Franklin Regional School District, announced on its website that it was canceling high school classes, but not middle or elementary school ones.
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