GIRL, 14, ATTACKED IN SCHOOL RESTROOM.Byline: Katie Cooper Staff Writer A 14-year-old girl was assaulted inside a bathroom at Glendale High School Glendale High School can refer to:
Police and school officials released few details about the attack, but students said a statement prepared by administrators and read to them in class indicated that the girl had been grabbed at knifepoint knife·point n. The sharp end of a knife. Idiom: at knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint. . Police declined to say whether the assault was sexually motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo . The attack occurred at 11:15 a.m. in one of four portable buildings on the southern part of the campus along Colorado Street, said co-Principal Gloria Vasquez. Students were between third and fourth periods at the time, when the girl attempted to use the restroom inside one of the bungalows, Vasquez said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. students, the freshman screamed and the man fled. Students said they were told that she suffered superficial superficial /su·per·fi·cial/ (-fish´al) pertaining to or situated near the surface. su·per·fi·cial adj. 1. Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface. 2. knife wounds on her neck but was otherwise uninjured. Upon hearing of the attack, school officials immediately locked down that portion of the campus, instructing teachers and students not to leave their classrooms and stay clear of the windows. A search was conducted for the man, described as 18 to 20 years old. |
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