Six injured in Washington state school stabbing

Five students and one security guard were taken to hospital following the attack at Foss High School. Six injured in Washington state school stabbing Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Police reported to the scene at Foss High School on Thursday Two police officers stand at the bottom of concrete steps outside of Foss High School, facing the camera. A sign reading 'Foss High School' is to their left. Behind them stand around 14 people wearing civilian clothing and more police on the steps, with yellow police tape visible at the top of the steps. Six people have been injured in a stabbing at a school in the US state of Washington following an "altercation", police said. Five high school students and an adult security guard were taken to hospital on Thursday, Tacoma Fire Department confirmed, adding that all were in stable condition. Police said it detained the suspect, a student at Foss High School, who was also injured in the incident. The suspect was booked on five counts of first-degree assault, Shelbie Boyd, a spokeswoman for the Tacoma Police Department, said. Police responded to reports of an active assault at 13:35 local time (21:35 BST). The fire department said it also attended the scene, where it treated and transported six patients, who were taken to hospital. Four students were initially reported by Tacoma Fire Department to be in critical condition. One adult had minor injuries and the suspect also had minor injuries. The authorities later confirmed that all patients were in stable condition as of 16:00 local time. Boyd told media outlets that the incident arose after "some type of an altercation". She added that police arrived promptly and were "able to locate the individual" and secure the scene "pretty quickly". The investigation would "carry on into the night", Boyd said, urging anyone with video of the incident to get in touch with police. Foss High School will remain shut on Friday following the incident, according to an alert on the school's website. It will reopen on Monday 4 May, with counsellors on site to support staff and students. In 2007, 17-year-old Samnang Kok was shot and killed in a hallway at Foss High School. The shooter, 18-year-old Douglas Chanthabouly, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 23 years in prison. A still from CCTV footage showing a male in light coloured clothing lunging towards another male in dark clothing. Watch: Moment gunman tackled by school principal A woman in a bright pink coat and jeans seen facing rows of flowers, toys and coffee cups from a local business, a memorial for those who were killed and injured during a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. OpenAI boss 'deeply sorry' for not telling police of mass shooting suspect's account A man accused of being part of a mob which killed six British soldiers is due to appear in court. Donwell House Care Home says it wants to address shortage of spaces and "large demand". Seven men who were deliberately given HIV by a rapist tell a court he is a "nasty piece of work". The US defence secretary says the timer for the president to report to Congress "pauses or stops" in a ceasefire. The former leader has not responded to US accusations that he is aiming to destabilise the government. Politics have become an increasingly thorny issue in the Villages, Florida, which is home to 150,000 people. The Texas man allegedly refunded the orders of hundreds of catering-sized mac-and-cheese trays to his personal credit cards. The airline said it regrets the situation and was doing an urgent "comprehensive internal search" for the award.