Health officials inPuerto Rico say a middle school student stabbed at least 40 classmates with a hypodermic needle and all are being tested for possible diseases and are being given preventive medicine, the Associated Press reported today.
Health Department spokeswoman Margarita Casalduc says the attack occurred at a school in the southern coastal town ofArroyo, according to AP. She says she does not know if the syringe contained anything or was contaminated.
Education Secretary Jesus Rivera Sanchez said in a statement that the female suspect has been suspended, AP said.
