Student stabs classmates with machete
A student carrying a machete and another knife slashed five classmates Wednesday morning as they watched a Spanish class video, authorities said.
Eight Valparaiso High School students were taken to the hospital, including the accused attacker, a 15-year-old freshman, Police Chief Michael Brickner said. All but one of those injured were released by Wednesday afternoon, he said. Five suffered cuts and the others complained of pain from other injuries, authorities said.
Authorities did not release any information about a possible motive for the attack, which happened as classes were starting at the school some 20 miles southeast of Gary.
Brickner said that before carrying out the attack, the student asked his teacher for permission to close the classroom door. He shut the door and then started swinging the weapons at his classmates, the police chief said.
“Students began to flee from the classroom, and he fled from the classroom and was tackled to the floor by school faculty members,” he said.
Students described a chaotic struggle in a hallway and said they saw blood on the floor.