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Student Held in Fatal Virginia Tech Stabbing

Student alert system launched

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2009 5:50 AM CST

(Newser) – A Chinese graduate student has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a female student in a cafeteria of the Virginia Tech campus. The death was the first campus killing since a suicidal gunman shot dead 32 in 2007. A student alert system devised after that attack was launched when police were alerted to the stabbing last night, AP reports.

Students were warned via 40,000 emails and text messages to stay away from the area. Police have not yet revealed a motive for the attack against the woman, who was also an international student from Asia. Several witnesses saw the attack, and the alleged killer was still on the scene when police arrived.

Mourners mark Virginia Tech's Day of Remembrance last year marking the anniversary of the day 32 people were shot dead by a campus gunman.
Mourners mark Virginia Tech's Day of Remembrance last year marking the anniversary of the day 32 people were shot dead by a campus gunman.   (Getty Images)
Police descend on a Virginia Tech graduate center after reports of a fatal stabbing last night.
Police descend on a Virginia Tech graduate center after reports of a fatal stabbing last night.
A girl places a flower on a memorial last year to honor those killed by a campus gunman in 2007.
A girl places a flower on a memorial last year to honor those killed by a campus gunman in 2007.   (Getty Images)
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Guest
May 29, 2009 10:19 PM CDT
Ok.. Only a sick mind could do that. I've been blown off by a women too, but would I reach over, grab her, & cut her head off? HELL NO! A control freak, nut job apparently would & did (Twice at Va Tech). Both Asians (facts in evidence.. Not race finger pointing). I think we're seeing a pattern with male Asians, & what they think of women.. or women that don't feel towards them, as they feel towards the woman.
Guest
Jan 22, 2009 2:51 AM CST
What is it with this school?
 

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