Teens attacked on way to Western Pa. high school
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WILKINSBURG (AP) – A Pittsburgh-area school district says two students were attacked while walking to school.
Acting Wilkinsburg superintendent Dan Matsook says the district put its middle/high school on high alert after the incident Monday morning.
Jasmine Bailey tells WPXI-TV more than a dozen teenagers ambushed her 15-year-old and 17-year-old daughters a few blocks from the school.
She says the girls were hospitalized for treatment of broken bones and concussions.
No arrests have been made.
In a separate incident Monday, the district says a student assaulted a security officer after officials tried to confiscate his cell phone.
The district prohibits students from carrying cell phones during school hours.
Wilkinsburg is about eight miles east of downtown Pittsburgh.