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Two students stabbed, three detained after fight at Georgia high school, police say

Two students were hurt and three were detained after a stabbing incident Jan. 26 at Banneker High School in Atlanta.
Two students were hurt and three were detained after a stabbing incident Jan. 26 at Banneker High School in Atlanta. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Two students were stabbed and three others detained following a fight at an Atlanta-area high school, officials say.

The skirmish broke out at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Banneker High School in Atlanta, a Fulton County Schools spokesperson told McClatchy News in a statement.

“Fulton County Schools Police were on site, and a lockdown was initiated while school administrators and police initiated an investigation,” the statement read.

Both students suffered non-life threatening injuries and are expected to be OK, officials said. Authorities took three others into custody, though it’s unclear if they will face charges.

The incident remains under investigation.

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This story was originally published January 26, 2022 at 1:10 PM with the headline "Two students stabbed, three detained after fight at Georgia high school, police say."

Tanasia Kenney
Sun Herald
Tanasia is a service journalism reporter at the Charlotte Observer | CharlotteFive, working remotely from Atlanta, Georgia. She covers restaurant openings/closings in Charlotte and statewide explainers for the NC Service Journalism team. She’s been with McClatchy since 2020.
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