Student injured in stabbing at school in Canberra

A student has been taken to hospital after being stabbed at a school in Australia's capital Canberra on Thursday morning, reported Xinhua.

Australian Capital Territory's Education Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith told parliament that police officers were called to a stabbing at a secondary school in the southern suburbs of Canberra around 10:30 a.m. local time on Thursday.

Police said that one student had allegedly stabbed another student in the hand.

The victim was taken to hospital by paramedics with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police officers recovered an edged weapon, but the alleged perpetrator fled the scene.