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Stabbing rampage claims 20 victims at Pittsburgh high school

Police in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have arrested a student suspected of stabbing some 20 fellow pupils at a high school. The incident took place at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, around 25 kilometres east of the centre of the city, at around 7.15 in the morning. Primary schools in the surrounding area were all sealed off as police mounted a security operation. Several of the victims have been seriously injured according to local medical sources.