READING — The eighth-grader accused of stabbing three students and bringing explosive materials to school will face charges, including aggravated assault and risking a catastrophe, authorities said Thursday.

The 13-year-old boy accused in the attack at Antietam Middle-Senior High School is due in juvenile court for a detention hearing today, Central Berks Regional Police Sgt. Ronald Uczynski said.

The boy faces four counts of aggravated assault, one count of recklessly endangering another person, one count of causing and risking a catastrophe, one count of criminal intent to commit criminal mischief and possession of a weapon on school property, Uczynski said.

He is being held at the Berks County Juvenile Detention Center.

Some parents urged district officials at a packed meeting Thursday night to put more police in the schools in response to the attack.

CONNELLSVILLE — State police said two Fayette County stepbrothers shot and killed four cows after dusk on the first day of deer rifle hunting season.Police said 21-year-old Ronald Dwayne Regish III, of Dunbar, and 22-year-old Allen Kessler, of Normalville, fired 10 shots at the cows in Saltlick Township. A juvenile is also charged with firing a shot.