Principal slashed at Catholic high school in California; 16-year-old student arrested

Principal slashed at Calif. Catholic high school

ROSEMEAD, Calif. — Authorities say a 16-year-old student has been arrested for investigation of slashing a principal with a knife at a Catholic high school near Los Angeles.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Diane Hecht says the boy was in the principal’s office Friday when he cut the administrator twice across the back at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead.

A school statement says Principal Gary J. Catalano was taken to a hospital in good condition.

Hecht says the boy was captured outside the school with a pocket knife. His name hasn’t been released.

Authorities say the attack was unprovoked, and there doesn’t appear to be any past problems between the principal and student.

Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic, all-male college prep school about 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

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ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) — A student has been stabbed inside a Catholic high school near Los Angeles, and the campus is on lockdown.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Teresa Garrett said Friday a male student was stabbed around at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, east of Los Angeles.

Garrett says the assailant remains at large.

She had no additional information. A call to the school principal was not immediately returned.