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New Westminster police shoot knife-wielding high school student with "less-lethal" weapon

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An 18-year-old New Westminster Secondary School student was shot with a non-lethal police weapon.

Police were called to the school on the 800-block of 6th Street at 10:20 a.m. with a report that a female student was armed with a knife.

The student sustained non life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.

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41

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formal

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English

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41

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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