A girl was stabbed during a fight Thursday afternoon at a Montgomery County, Maryland, middle school, according to authorities.
The fight happened at Benjamin Banneker Middle School in Burtonsville just before 2 p.m., according to a Montgomery County police spokeswoman. One girl stabbed another with a box cutter during the fight, a spokesman for Montgomery County Public Schools said.
Police said both girls were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The school went into a shelter-in-place following the stabbing. Students were released on a staggered schedule, police said.
A school system spokesman said the school system will send a letter to the school community addressing the stabbing.
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