Canada. Winnipeg School brawl sends 5 to hospital

Three people are in custody and five were taken to hospital after a “large fight” took place on the street outside a Winnipeg high school on Thursday afternoon, according to police.

“The information we initially received was that there was … a large fight involved.”

A number of injured people were found at the school. Officers were told the suspects had fled the area in a vehicle, according to police.

Five people were taken to hospital, with four people in stable condition and one in unstable condition. Police say the patient who was in unstable condition was later upgraded to stable.

Machetes, pellet guns seen

Three males were arrested after officers found the suspect vehicle parked on Scotland Avenue and Lilac Street, according to police, who did not release the suspects’ names or ages.

Police could not say if the injured were students, nor could they confirm if weapons were involved.

Students at Kelvin High School told CBC News they saw other students with machetes, pellet guns and baseball bats.

The windows of at least two vehicles were smashed outside the high school.

As many as 20 students from Kelvin and another school were involved in the altercation, according to students.

Police say the attack was not random, and the two groups involved were known to each other. Aitken could not say if either group was known to police.

“The lockout ended at 1:30 p.m. after being given clearance from the Winnipeg Police Service.”

A lockout means classes continue and everyone can move about the school as usual, but no one can enter or leave the building. A lockdown means students cannot leave classrooms.

The division said it notified the parents of the injured students right away. Notices were also sent home with all students to inform parents about what happened.

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