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Pepper Spray Sends 12 Roslindale Students To Hospital

A dozen students at Washington Irving Middle School were brought to the hospital with coughing and throat irritation Thursday morning.

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ROSLINDALE, MA — A dozen students from Washington Irving Middle School were taken to the hospital after reportedly pepper spray was released in the cafeteria. Boston EMS confirmed the children were brought to the hospital with and that any injuries and illnesses were "considered minor in nature."


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