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MEDFORD, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — More than one hundred Medford High School students walked out of class Wednesday morning, two days after a 17-year-old student was stabbed in the torso by another student in the men's bathroom.
Most of the students marched to Medford City Hall to protest the lack of safety on campus. Others simply wanted to skip class.
"I know many students in the school that bring knives, but they actually never used it," one student told WBZ NewsRadio.
"It’s more than just knives. And no one knows because they all keep their mouth shut because they don’t want to be the snitch, or the person that’s gonna get hurt because they say something," another student said. "If I get you in trouble, whatever. I’m not gonna get killed because people have weapons at this school."
Several students who spoke with WBZ NewsRadio said they are calling for extra security and metal detectors.
"Hopefully they put in metal detectors or do something about it because I feel like they do absolutely nothing about it, whatsoever," one student said.
An emergency meeting was held at Medford City Hall Monday night following the stabbing, where parents and students expressed their concerns that the high school is not safe and demanded action from school officials.
The stabbing victim, who suffered a non-life threatening injury, was released from the hospital on Tuesday.
WBZ's James Rojas (@JamesRojasNews) has more.
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