Red Deer RCMP arrest youth after stabbing near high school

RCMP were called to Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in Red Deer, Alta., after a fight occurred off school grounds at 12:50 p.m. Thursday.

Police say two students were involved in a disagreement on 55 Street in Red Deer. During the altercation, one student was stabbed with a knife. The victim was transported to hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

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The school was placed in hold and secure as a precaution. One youth has been arrested for assault with a weapon, and the file is currently under investigation.

Mounties say this is an isolated incident and they do not believe there is a risk to the community, classes resumed in the afternoon.

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