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Texas student charged with stabbing rampage | Texas student charged with stabbing rampage |
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A student who told police he had fantasised for years about stabbing people to death has been charged with knifing 14 people at a Texas college. | |
Dylan Quick, 20, allegedly stabbed fellow students, many in the face and neck, in an attack that left two people critically hurt. | |
The rampage at Lone Star College in the Houston city area only stopped when another student subdued the attacker. | |
Mr Quick has been charged with aggravated assault. | |
Harris County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that the accused had been planning the attack at the campus in Cypress for some time. | |
Police said he had had fantasies of stabbing people to death since he was in primary school. | Police said he had had fantasies of stabbing people to death since he was in primary school. |
Mr Quick was allegedly armed with a razor-type knife during the attack. | |
Police first received an emergency call from the college shortly after 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Tuesday. | Police first received an emergency call from the college shortly after 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Tuesday. |
Harris County spokesman Thomas Gilliland said the suspect went from "building to building" stabbing people. | |
Diante Cotton, 20, said he saw half a dozen people with injuries to their faces and necks being loaded into ambulances and medical helicopters. | Diante Cotton, 20, said he saw half a dozen people with injuries to their faces and necks being loaded into ambulances and medical helicopters. |
Of the 14 that were injured at the college, two refused medical attention and four were airlifted to hospital. | Of the 14 that were injured at the college, two refused medical attention and four were airlifted to hospital. |
One student, Michael Chalfan, said the suspect was an "eccentric" type who often wore gloves and was known to carry stuffed animals. | One student, Michael Chalfan, said the suspect was an "eccentric" type who often wore gloves and was known to carry stuffed animals. |
"I'm surprised because he didn't look like he was hateful to the world," Mr Chalfan told the Associated Press news agency. | "I'm surprised because he didn't look like he was hateful to the world," Mr Chalfan told the Associated Press news agency. |