ATLANTA — Authorities say a man believed to be a former Georgia Tech graduate student stabbed a university researcher with a sword.
Georgia Tech spokesman Matt Nagel says the victim was taken to Grady Hospital after the Thursday afternoon attack inside a building on campus. The victim's name and condition were not released.
The suspect has been taken into custody. The suspect was not identified.
Nagel said a Georgia Tech police officer was injured slightly during the scuffle.
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