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15-year-old dead, 16-year-old wounded in NYC school stabbing

Associated Press

NEW YORK – Police say an 18-year-old attacked two teens inside a New York City school, fatally stabbing one of them and critically injuring another.

The attack happened Wednesday on the fifth floor of the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, a middle and high school in the Bronx.

Police say a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death and a 16-year-old was critically injured.

Police say an 18-year-old has been taken into custody, but it’s not yet clear what prompted the attack.

Police didn’t immediately say what type of cutting device was used.