11 students arrested in after-school fight in western, Pa.

SWISSVALE, Pa. (AP) — Police in suburban Pittsburgh say 11 middle school students have been arrested after an after-school fight.

Swissvale Police Chief Greg Geppert says the Woodland Hills Junior High School seventh- and eighth-graders began fighting while waiting to get on a bus this afternoon, then others joined in.

All face disorderly conduct charges and four also face aggravated assault, resisting arrest and creating a riot charges.

A school spokeswoman says the students will be disciplined.

Some students were taken to the police department to be picked up by their parents, but others were taken to a juvenile detention center.

Two Swissvale police officers suffered hand injuries; no students required medical attention.