Quebec Teen Pleads Guilty after High School Stabbing

Quebec, Canada
After a student was stabbed several times at a high school near Trois Rivières, a 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder.

The youth is accused of bringing a kitchen knife to L'Escale, a Louiseville high school, on the morning of Nov. 14. He then confronted a 16-year-old boy, who he claims had been bullying him, and the two began fighting, the court was told.

In the struggle, court heard, the teen pulled out a knife and stabbed his classmate in the face, the throat and the ribs, puncturing the victim's lung and cutting his jugular vein. Three students and an adult jumped in to subdue the attacker.