13 year old student stabs teacher with 8-inch butcher knife at Georgia middle school

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The student was taken into custody after the incident in an eighth-grade language arts classroom at Trickum Middle School, Gwinnett County Public Schools spokeswoman Sloan Roach told ABC News.

The alleged assault began when the "student reportedly called the teacher over and then struck her in the chest area," the school's principal, Ryan Queen, said in a statement to parents.

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The knife had been in the boy's backpack, Queen said.

As a school resource officer headed to the classroom, the boy "grabbed another student," said Queen.

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The school district is not publicly releasing the name or the condition of the teacher, and the boy's identity has also not been released, Roach said.

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