Graduate Student Fatally Stabbed

A female graduate student was stabbed to death last night at a cafe inside a Virginia Tech dormitory, authorities said. A suspect was being questioned.

Shortly after 7 p.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting that a woman was being assaulted inside the Graduate Life Center at Donaldson-Brown, on the outskirts of the campus, officials said. Campus police took a male graduate student into custody at the scene and were questioning him last night, but no charges had been filed.

Investigators believe the victim and the suspect knew each other, officials said. Police said they recovered a knife at the scene.

The campus was locked down for about an hour while police investigated, officials said.

-- Clarence Williams