someone should ask the Misguided morons why this type violencence is not as important to them as when the tool used in school violence is a firearm……
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http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/05/07/alaska.school.stabbing/index.html

4 pupils stabbed at Alaska school

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Four elementary school pupils were stabbed Monday
by an adult in a playground on school property before classes started.

Michelle Egan, the public relations director for the Anchorage School
District, did not know the conditions of the students, but said the suspect
had been apprehended.

The students were taken from Mountain View Elementary School to a local
hospital for treatment, she said.

Sharon Leighow, the news director for radio station KFQD, said police have
identified the suspect only as a man. She said he ran into a classroom after
the stabbing. She said police shot him three times with rubber bullets and
he was taken to a hospital.

The children suffered stab wounds to their upper body, she said.

The elementary school was locked down, she said. Police are reuniting the
young students with their parents at a nearby school

http://www.adn.com/nation/story/0,2360,264597,00.html

Four children stabbed at city school, suspect in custody

Anchorage Daily News and Associated Press

(Published May 7, 2001)
Four children were stabbed by a man at Mountain View Elementary School in
Anchorage this morning. The alleged assailant was later subdued by police.

Initial reports were that the children were stabbed in the neck. The victims
were rushed to two local hospitals. One was reported in critical condition
and undergoing surgery at Providence Alaska Medical Center and another was
in serious condition there, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Two other children were being treated at Alaska Regional Hospital, although
their conditions were not immediately available.

The suspect also was being treated at Alaska Regional after being shot with
rubber bullets by police, according to police spokesman Ron McGee.

The stabbings apparently occurred in the school playground before classes,
police said.

Police shot the suspect with three rubber bullets as he fled inside the
school, police said. Inside, teachers surrounded him until police took him
into custody.

The stabbing occurred around 8:15 a.m. shortly before classes were to begin.

Classes were dismissed for the day, and students were bused to nearby Tyson
Elementary, where parents can pick them up.

Evette Carmack rushed to the school from her job at Alaska Regional Medical
Center, still dressed in green scrubs. She has two children at the school,
fifth grader Christopher and second-grader Jasmine.

She said she came as soon as she’d heard about the shooting.

“I came from Chicago to get away from all this,” Carmack said. “To get a
better life for my kids.”