美國賓州一所高中21人被刀刺傷

Police in (the eastern U.S. state of) Pennsylvania have identified and charged a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing and slashing 20 fellow students and a security guard at a high school.

Authorities say Alex Hribal was being charged as an adult with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault following the Wednesday morning attack in Murrysville, 24 kilometers east of Pittsburgh.

Officials say Hribal, armed with two knives, went on the rampage just minutes before the start of classes at 1,200-student Franklin Regional High School. An assistant principal finally tackled the boy and disarmed him. They also say a police officer handcuffed the suspect.

A hospital spokesman says four victims appear to have life-threatening injuries, but are expected to survive. Seven victims are listed in serious condition with wounds to their torso, abdomen, chest or back.美國東部賓夕法尼亞州警方已經查明被控在一所高中刺傷20名同班同學和一名保安的16歲少年是亞歷克斯·赫裏巴爾。

有關當局說，赫裏巴爾將作爲成年人受到起訴，罪名包括四項企圖殺人罪和21項嚴重傷害罪。星期三上午，赫裏巴爾在匹茲堡以東24公里的莫里斯威爾持刀行兇。

有關官員說，赫裏巴爾帶着兩把刀，在擁有1千2百名學生的富蘭克林地區高中開始上課前不久動手行兇。該校的助理校長最終制服嫌疑人，並奪下他的刀。有關官員表示，一名警察給嫌疑人戴上手銬。

一家醫院的發言人說，四名受害者看來受到危及生命的重傷，不過預計他們能夠活下來。被列爲重傷的七名受害者分別在身體軀幹、腹部、胸部和背部受了刀傷。