Eight teenagers are stabbed with a syringe after their classmate 'hid the needle between his fingers and gave them high-fives as a prank'

  • Eight students are receiving medical attention after being stabbed by a syringe 
  • Emergency services were called to Plumpton High School in Sydney's west 
  • New South Wales Police say they were told the attacker was performing a prank
  • One student said the offender concealed the needle and offered high-fives
  • Two victims have been taken to hospital while the others undergo blood tests

By Alex Chapman For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:41 EDT, 24 October 2018 | Updated: 23:09 EDT, 24 October 2018

Multiple students have been stabbed with a syringe in what one teenager thought was a funny prank.

Eight teenagers were stabbed at Plumpton High School in Sydney's far west just before midday on Thursday.

The teenager responsible is understood to have found the needle at a nearby bus stop, according to his fellow students.

Police are attending Plumpton High School, where it's understood eight students have been stabbed with a syringe

The stabbings took place at Plumpton High School (pictured) in Sydney's western suburbs

The stabbings took place at Plumpton High School (pictured) in Sydney's western suburbs

Troy Masters, a student at the school spoke to Seven News out the front of school.

The teenager said the student in question had picked up the needle from a local bus stop.

'He's come to school and like a few of his mates, his own mates, and then given them high-fives with the needle in his hand.

'He poked them and then he stabbed a few kids.'

Troy says the victims were initially unconcerned until the student told them he had found the needle in the streets.

He said the victims were 'scared' and their parents came and picked them up.

His mother, Kirstie, said she came to collect her children as soon as she heard about it.

'To have something like that happen, instantly as a parent you're shaken up,' she said.

One student saw the offender conceal the syringe between his fingers and offered high-fives

One student saw the offender conceal the syringe between his fingers and offered high-fives

The eight students will undergo blood testing to ensure diseases haven't been transmitted

The eight students will undergo blood testing to ensure diseases haven't been transmitted

Emergency services were called and four ambulance crews subsequently made their way to the scene. 

Paramedics found a number of students suffering from injuries to their hands and legs.

Two of the victims have been taken to hospital.

It is believed the wounded will be subject to a blood test to ensure no diseases were transmitted through the needle.

New South Wales Police said they were aware of the incident, and are investigating the assault.

In a statement, police said they were told the student wielding the needle believed he was enacting a 'prank'. 

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Eight high school students stabbed with a syringe in Sydney's west after a prank gone wrong

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