Girl Dead, Young Man in Custody After Attack in Classroom at Edmonton Area School

People leave a school after a student was airlifted to hospital after a stabbing at a school , in Leduc Alta, on Monday March 15, 2021. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

LEDUC, Alta.—A 17-year-old female student is dead and a fellow student is in police custody after a violent assault at a school just south of Edmonton.

The attack happened Monday morning in a classroom at Christ the King School in Leduc. The school has about 350 students in Grades 9 to 12.