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One person taken to hospital after stabbing at Brampton school

WATCH ABOVE: One person is in custody but police are still looking for suspects after a teenager was stabbed at a Brampton high school.  Cindy Pom reports. 

TORONTO – One person has been taken to hospital and another has been arrested following a stabbing at St. Roch Catholic Secondary School in Brampton.

The school was in lockdown as police investigated but was released shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

A 17-year-old student was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Peel Region Paramedics Services.

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Three other male teenagers have been arrested.

Police tell Global News the stabbing happened after several people intervened in a fight inside the high school just before noon Tuesday.

The school is located on Valleyway Drive near Williams Parkway and Chinguacousy Road.

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Some surrounding schools were also placed in hold and secure but have too been released. Schools in a hold and secure continue classes but have their outside doors locked to prevent anyone from entering or leaving the building.

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