BOSTON —

A teenage girl is facing several charges in the September stabbing of a 14-year-old girl near East Boston High School, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office announced Sunday.

On Sept. 24, the victim left school and was walking home on Putnam Street when she noticed two other teens following her.

"The victim said she called her sister on the phone to tell her she believed she was going to get 'jumped,'" Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement Sunday. "As the victim was walking, she was attacked from behind and struck repeatedly by both juveniles. The victim then observed one of the juveniles take what she believed to be a folding knife and place it in her pocket and walk the opposite way."

The victim suffered stab wounds to the head, legs and back, an

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