Man gets at least 23 years in prison for school stabbings

January 22, 2018 03:37 PM

A man who pleaded guilty to stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at his suburban Pittsburgh high school has been sentenced to 23½ to 60 years in prison.

A judge on Monday also ordered 20-year-old Alex Hribal to pay more than $269,000 in restitution.

Hribal pleaded guilty in October to a weapons charge and numerous attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges.

Hribal was 16 when he used two eight-inch kitchen knives to stab and slash his way through the hallways of Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville before classes began on April 9, 2014.

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Four students were critically injured at the school near Pittsburgh, including one who required a liver transplant. All survived and have since recovered.