Arrest made after female student stabbed at North York high school

TORONTO -- A male youth has been arrested after a stabbing at a North York school on Monday, Toronto police say.

Police were called to William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, near Dufferin Street and Sheppard Avenue, after receiving a report of a stabbing just before 11:30 a.m.

According to investigators, a female student was stabbed at the school. She was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

STABBING:
Duffern St + Codsell Ave
call came in at 11:24 a.m.
- officers on scene investigating
- no concern to public safety#GO494710
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— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) March 9, 2020

Both the victim and the suspect were inside the vice principal’s office when officers arrived at the scene.

A male youth has been arrested in connection with the incident, police said.

The school was not placed under a lockdown order and police say there is no concern for public safety.