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16-year-old Alex Hribal went from classroom to classroom yesterday at Franklin Regional Senior High School, swinging two kitchen knives. He wounded 20 students and a security officer before the assistant principal tackled him. He has been charged with four counts of attempted homicide, 21 counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a weapon on school grounds. Authorities said he'll be tried as an adult. The incident took place in Murrysville, a quiet middle-class town roughly 20 miles east of Pittsburgh. Hribal is being held without bail at the Westmoreland County juvenile detention center. Authorities have not detailed a possible motive in the attack. The students who were hurt range in age from 14 to 17. Four victims were in critical condition Wednesday, including one who was "eviscerated" and may not survive.
In Other News • A plane has detected a possible signal from sonar buoys equipped to detect signals from the locator beacons on the so-called black boxes from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Crews have been narrowing the search area in the Indian Ocean. Up to 10 military aircraft, four civil aircraft and 13 ships were to assist in Thursday's search for the Boeing 777-200ER, which was carrying 239 people when it appeared to vanish on March 8 on a fight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. • The tensions are high in eastern Ukraine. About 40,000 Russian troops are massed on the border. Pro-Russian protesters have seized government buildings in the cities of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv. Ukrainian acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said yesterday that the separatist protests would be resolved shortly - either by negotiations or use of force. Russia's foreign ministry says there's no reason to fret about those Russia forces, but Western officials aren't so sure, especially after Moscow annexed Crimea last month. The outcome is uncertain. • A car crashed through the wall of a central Florida day care center yesterday, fatally injuring one girl and hurting 14 other children. Authorities didn't arrest that man, but instead are looking for another they say fled the scene after his SUV pushed the car into the facility. The Florida Highway Patrol said they think Robert Corchado is trying to leave the Orlando area. He abandoned his Dodge Durango in Winter Park and has picked up a rental car. An arrest warrant has been issued. • A new outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness aboard a cruise ship may have been caused by the norovirus. At least 66 passengers and 17 crew members came down with a quickly spreading digestive bug aboard the Crown Princess. Norovirus is known for being readily contagious. It causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and is believed to have infected passengers on a number of cruise ships in recent months.
