The mother of a J.J. Daniell Middle School student who was stabbed during an incident on Tuesday said her daughter is recovering at home, but is traumatized by what happened.
Cecile Kirk said her daughter Summer was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after being stabbed by another student several times at a cafeteria lunch table.
“The attacker who was thought to be a friend walked up to victim, handed her a tshirt she had borrowed from my child when Summer reached for the shirt the other child grabbed Summer’s hair and started stabbing at her neck and head,” Cecile Kirk wrote in a gofundme note to raise money for the girl’s mental health services.
“Summer ended up with multiple wounds one almost hitting an artery. Summer was sent to hospital for examination and sutures/ staples. This incident was not life threatening but very well the intent behind it was.”
The Cobb County School District has declined to divulge details of the altercation, other than saying on Tuesday that that the victim and the attacker were both stabbed and that no one else was hurt.
“As this is an ongoing investigation, we are unable to provide further details at this time,” the Cobb school district said, adding that charges may be pending against the still-unidentified attacker.
Neither the district nor Principal Amy Stump elaborated on what may have led to the stabbing.
Stump said in a message to Daniell families that the alleged attacker “made a terrible choice during an altercation with another student” and offered support for anxiety and fear via school counselors.
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