College 14 stabbed, at Texas College
College 14 stabbed, An attack by a knife-wielding student on a college campus near Houston on Tuesday left 14 people wounded – two of them seriously – and rekindled fears of yet another brazen daytime assault on students.
But such mass stabbings are uncommon, criminologists and experts say.
Since 1901, there have been only seven massstabbings in a public place in the USA where four or more victims were killed, said Grant Duwe, a criminologist with the Minnesota Department of Corrections who has written about mass murders. Most mass killings are carried out with firearms, he said.
"Mass stabbings are exceptionally rare," Duwe said. "Guns, or explosives, are generally more effective at killing large numbers of victims."
No one in Tuesday's attack was killed. At about 11 a.m., a Lone Star College System student ran from building to building on the college's CyFair campus, slashing at fellow students and passersby, police said. The student, in his early 20s, wounded 14 people, two of them seriously, before being subdued and arrested, said Christina Garza, a spokeswoman with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
As of late Tuesday, investigators were trying to determine a motive for the attack. Police were withholding the suspect's name pending charges.
But such mass stabbings are uncommon, criminologists and experts say.
Since 1901, there have been only seven massstabbings in a public place in the USA where four or more victims were killed, said Grant Duwe, a criminologist with the Minnesota Department of Corrections who has written about mass murders. Most mass killings are carried out with firearms, he said.
"Mass stabbings are exceptionally rare," Duwe said. "Guns, or explosives, are generally more effective at killing large numbers of victims."
No one in Tuesday's attack was killed. At about 11 a.m., a Lone Star College System student ran from building to building on the college's CyFair campus, slashing at fellow students and passersby, police said. The student, in his early 20s, wounded 14 people, two of them seriously, before being subdued and arrested, said Christina Garza, a spokeswoman with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
As of late Tuesday, investigators were trying to determine a motive for the attack. Police were withholding the suspect's name pending charges.
