Straight-A student, 16, 'を刺すs four of his classmates in a high school locker room then turns the knife on himself'

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A 16-year-old student who was new to a Utah high school knifed five other classmates before stabbing himself in the neck.

The five boys who were stabbed were in a locker room at Mountain 見解（をとる） High School in Orem, north of Provo, just before 8am on Tuesday.

The 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う, who is a sophomore and 述べるd as a straight-A student with no disciplinary problems, was taken into 保護／拘留, but he has not been identified.

Orem Police took the unusual step of tweeting a picture of a letter the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う's parents had written in which they said: 'We 表明する our deepest 弔慰s to the five boys who were 害（を与える）d at Mountain 見解（をとる） High School this morning and to their families.

'非，不，無 of the 犠牲者s had done anything to 害（を与える） him. This was in no way ethnically or 人種上 動機づけるd. We are at a loss to explain how 深く，強烈に sorry we are for the 苦痛 and 傷害 原因（となる）d. Our thoughts and 祈りs will be with the boys and their families.'?

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A family 抱擁するs as they 再会させる outside Mountain 見解（をとる） High School in Orem, Utah, on Tuesday after several students were stabbed at the school

Police patrol cars are pictured outside the school. A 16-year-old 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う has since been taken into 保護／拘留

School 公式の／役人s said the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う started at Mountain 見解（をとる） High in August and was 以前 homeschooled.

There were no 指示，表示する物s he was having problems or 存在 いじめ（る）d, 地区 spokeswoman Kimberly Bird said.?

The stabbings took place on Tuesday morning as the students were 準備するing for a morning physical education class, Bird said.?

Aisea Unga and his mother, Seta, 持つ／拘留する each other as they walk away from Mountain 見解（をとる） High School に引き続いて the stabbings

Each 犠牲者 was stabbed at least once with a knife that had a three-インチ blade,?Lt. Craig Martinez said, 苦しむing 傷害s to their necks and torsos.?

Alpine School 地区 解放（する）d a 声明 確認するing the 出来事/事件 and 示すd the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う knifed five other students before stabbing himself.

School 従業員s boxed the teen into a corner before the first police officer arrived, 危険ing their lives to stop the 流血／虐殺,?Orem Police 長，指導者 Gary Giles said.

The boy was then Tasered and apprehended by the school 資源 officer.

The 犠牲者s were taken to 地元の hospitals with 傷害s 範囲ing from 批判的な to fair, the 地区 said.

It is not yet （疑いを）晴らす if any of the 犠牲者s' 傷害s are life-脅すing, Martinez said.

The 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う was also 入院させるd with a self-（打撃，刑罰などを）与えるd 負傷させる.

Late Tuesday afternoon, one of the 犠牲者s was 解放（する）d from hospital after receiving 治療, while the four other 犠牲者s remained 入院させるd.

Police are seen o utside the school doors in the 影響 of the stabbing on Tuesday

Families 再会させる outside the high school に引き続いて the violent spree on Tuesday

Students were later 許すd to remain in school or le ave for the day, and dozens of parents arrived at the school, hugging their children before taking them home

Students Albany Cox, 権利, and Holly Hilton 慰安 each other as they leave the high school on Tuesday

Students 述べるd a gruesome scene, with 犠牲者s covered in 血 running from the locker room.?

Junior Karen Martinez said she saw three 犠牲者s run to the school's office, one stabbed 苦しむing from a 長，率いる 負傷させる and another with an 傷害 to his neck.?

One 犠牲者 had 血 running 負かす／撃墜する the 支援する of his shirt, she said.

'It was awful,' said Martinez, her 注目する，もくろむs filled with 涙／ほころびs.?

'It was so terrifying. I didn't know any of the kids but still it was like an awful feeling to see a ll those kids getting 傷つける.'

公式の／役人s said that the stabbing happened 近づく the school's gym, while Martinez and other students told reporters that they occurred inside the boy's locker room just before classes were about to begin.??

Orem Police 確認するd five male students were knifed in the boy's locker room at Mountain 見解（をとる） High School. Paramedics arrived at the school すぐに after

Students seen leaving the school.?Students 述べるd a gruesome scene, with 犠牲者s covered in 血 running from the locker room

Sophomore Paxton 身代金 said he saw 血 on the locker room 床に打ち倒す and thought it was 偽の until he saw a person who had been stabbed on the 床に打ち倒す.?

He ran into the gym's 負わせる room.

Eduviges Sanchez had just dropped her son off at the school when she saw a student outside with a 削減（する） in the 味方する of his neck.??

助言者／カウンセラーs and social 労働者s were made 利用できる to students and staff に引き続いて the 出来事/事件.

Utah 知事 Gary Herbert said his 祈りs are with the students and staff.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said his 祈りs are with the students and staff

An emotional mother is pictured outside the school に引き続いて the stabbings

'My children went to @mvhsbruins. It's a community の近くに to our hearts. My 祈りs are with the students and staff. #utpol,' Herbert tweeted.

The school, which has 1,300 students, was put on lockdown after the stabbings for about an hour until police 決定するd there was no danger for students.?

Hundreds of 脅すd parents arrived at the sch ool, hugging their children before taking them home or letting them return to class.

A student is 慰安d by her loved one に引き続いて the violent spree at Mountain 見解（をとる） High School?

Police are still trying to 人物／姿／数字 out a 動機 in the violent spree and the 調査 into the 出来事/事件 is 現在進行中の.

The school 計画（する）s 調査／捜査する if the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う had had been 事実上の／代理 in a way recently that should have been 演説（する）／住所d by school 公式の／役人s 事前の to the attack, Bird said.

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