WELLINGTON, Fla. – An eighth-grade student is in custody after stabbing a classmate at a South Florida school.
The stabbing occurred Thursday morning at Polo Park Middle School in Wellington.
According to the School District of Palm Beach County, the stabbing victim was an eighth-grade girl. She was flown to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach.
District officials said a classmate was taken into custody.
A student told WPBF-TV that she witnessed school police tackling the boy as he ran into the cafeteria.
District officials said the girl suffered minor injuries and was released from the hospital.
It wasn't immediately known what was used to stab the girl. A motive for the stabbing was not released.
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