Students were detained by the Seattle Police following an argument that broke out amongst about 60 students in front Sealth High School. One girl had a knife confiscated (see inset).
An argument involving Sealth students and others from outside the school, with a group estimated by police at around 60 people broke out just after school on Friday.
Security at the school tried to get the outside students to leave but they refused. The Seattle Police responded and quickly defused the situation but one person, a girl, had a knife confiscated since it was a weapons violation.
Principal Christopher Kinsey said, "After school, everybody congregates out here and there was a large group of kid across the street and our security, being cautious, made the determination since they weren't dispersing, to get some extra support."
A Seattle Police officer on the scene said, "Some students got into an argument, we don't know over what. Some of these students are not part of this school so we want to make sure we give them a safe ride out of here. It's a foreign bee in the hive and it results in bzzzzzz."
