A 13-year-old student was stabbed during a fight involving a knife with another classmate at a New York middle school, school officials said.
The incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Monhagen Middle School on County Road 78 in Middletown, according to police. The school went into lockdown immediately afterward.
The school conducted a "full physical grid check" of the school campus and it was determined the incident was isolated to one area of the school. Police found the victim, a 13-year-old, had been stabbed repeatedly. The student was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
"I saw a student walking like this. I saw someone who got stabbed," said eighth grader Jaiden Mojica. "A kid got stabbed. There was a big fight, student got jumped. There was some blood."
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A 13-year-old student was arrested and charged for the alleged attack, police said.
Other students said they were taken by teachers to shelter in darkened classrooms during the lockdown, which was lifted later in the morning. Early dismissal was scheduled for 9:45 a.m.
"What’s happened today is not OK. It is very concerning. It is upsetting. My heart hurts," said district superintendent Amy Creeden.
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Maple Hill Elementary School, which had been on a lockdown, continued operating on a normal school but remained on a lockout until later in the school day, according to the school district. The district also said that no bags would be allowed at a freshman boys' basketball game later Wednesday afternoon.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the young people who were injured and affected in today’s incident and our entire Monhagen Middle School community," the district said in a statement.
The school said the students involved were in police custody.
