Posted on 12/11/2012, 2:13 pm, by mySteinbach

On December 10, 2012, at about 2:30pm, Portage la Prairie RCMP were advised of an assault with a weapon that had occurred earlier in the afternoon at the MacGregor Collegiate Institute.

Investigation indicates that a 14-year-old male youth had been assaulted with a weapon by another 14-year-old student during a class. Police say that the weapon was reported to have been a wood working tool.

RCMP report that the injured student received non-life threatening injuries and was treated and released from hospital.

Police continue to investigate.