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At least 14 people were wounded in a stabbing attack on a college campus in Texas on Tuesday that left two with critical injuries. | At least 14 people were wounded in a stabbing attack on a college campus in Texas on Tuesday that left two with critical injuries. |
Authorities at Lone Star college near Houston urged people on campus to take shelter after reports of the attacks spread. Police said a suspect was in custody. | Authorities at Lone Star college near Houston urged people on campus to take shelter after reports of the attacks spread. Police said a suspect was in custody. |
Robert Rasa, a local fire department spokesman, said the injuries of four people were serious enough to require evacuation to the hospital by helicopter. | Robert Rasa, a local fire department spokesman, said the injuries of four people were serious enough to require evacuation to the hospital by helicopter. |
Local radio broadcast interviews with two students who said they saw one woman who had been stabbed in the mouth. Authorities credited students with tackling the suspect and subduing him. | Local radio broadcast interviews with two students who said they saw one woman who had been stabbed in the mouth. Authorities credited students with tackling the suspect and subduing him. |
A long line of cars streamed out of the large modern campus in a suburb northwest of Houston but police were not allowing anyone in. | A long line of cars streamed out of the large modern campus in a suburb northwest of Houston but police were not allowing anyone in. |
Harris county sheriff Adrian Garcia told reporters outside the campus that a white male aged about 21, who had been enrolled at the college, was in custody and was the sole suspect. | |
Garcia said that the authorities received a 911 call at 11.12am. "The call was described as 'male on the loose stabbing people'," he said. Garcia said two of the 14 injured were in critical condition. | |
"We do not know exactly what type of weapon was used," he said. Eyewitnesses told local media that an implement like a box cutter type was used to stab the victims. Garcia credited students for attempting to subdue the suspect. | |
Michael Chalfan, a student, said that he saw police shoot the suspect with a Taser as he ran outside one of the main entrances near the science building. "When they Tasered him, they gang-tackled him to the ground," Chalfan said. "He was just running away from the police." | |
Chalfan, who said he took a drama class with the suspect, described him as eccentric and a target for bullies. "He dresses weird, he wears gloves and often carried around toys, like stuffed animals. He was a really friendly kid ... a joyful person." | |
The college, in Cypress, about 25 miles (40km) northwest of downtown Houston, was placed on immediate lockdown after the incident and was closed for the rest of Tuesday. | |
The attack came three months after a different Lone Star campus was the site of a shooting in which two people were hurt. The suspected gunman in that incident is charged with aggravated assault. | The attack came three months after a different Lone Star campus was the site of a shooting in which two people were hurt. The suspected gunman in that incident is charged with aggravated assault. |
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