The Union Recorder

February 4, 2010

Former Ga. student arrested for attack with sword


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.