EVERETT, Wash. — Two girls who were stabbed at Snohomish High School last fall filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the district and Fairfax Hospital failed to protect them from their attacker, a troubled student.
The 15-year-old student was “known to be violent” and six months before stabbing the two girls had threatened the life of another student, The Seattle Times reports. The school required her to be evaluated by mental-health professionals before being readmitted to the school, and she was sent to Fairfax Hospital. She did not participate in therapy there, but was released to return to school without restrictions, according to the complaint.
The attacker was sentenced to 13 years in prison in March for stabbing April Lutz as many as 27 times and stabbing Lutz’s friend Bekah Staudacher in the arm and back as she ran for help.
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