Student stabbed 16 times with steak knife at New York City high school

Police detained a 16-year-old student in connection with the crime.

According to officials, both the victim and the suspect are students at the high school for media and communications.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.

Also on Friday, another 15-year-old student, at the Newton High School in Flushing, Queens, was stabbed with a steak knife.

He was knifed once in the back in a hallway on the third floor of the school, officials said. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition.

Police are investigating both cases. 


[Via NBC New York]