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Two students got into a classroom fight at Maryvale High School in Phoenix on Tuesday, Aug. 19

One of the students was stabbed and transported to the hospital, where he succumbed to his severe injuries

The other student sustained non-life-threatening injuries

One student was fatally stabbed after a classroom fight escalated at Maryvale High School in Phoenix on Tuesday, Aug. 19, according to the Arizona Department of Education news release .

Shortly before 11 a.m. local time, Phoenix police officers and fire crews responded to the high school, according to the Phoenix Police Department . It remains unclear whether the two teens knew one another and what prompted the fight.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said in a statement that the school’s sa

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