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Teen with a knife wounds an 8-year-old boy at a school in eastern Germany

BERLIN (AP) — Police say a teenager armed with a knife has wounded an eight-year-old boy at a school in eastern Germany and then set himself alight. Police say the incident happened in Bischofswerda, east of the city of Dresden, on Wednesday morning. The boy was taken to a hospital by helicopter and is in a stable condition. The school building was evacuated after police were alerted to the situation at about 9:45 a.m. Police say the 16-year-old assailant set himself on fire after the knife attack, but the flames were extinguished and he was arrested. The motive for the attack is unclear.

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