A 14-year-old girl is arrested and detained under the Mental Health Act following a knife attack at a school in north Manchester, police say. Multiple reports state that three people are stabbed during the incident, including two pupils and a teacher. Authorities describe the event as a serious incident, and say the school responds by placing the premises into lockdown. The girl is arrested by police and is later sectioned under the Mental Health Act, with details of the injuries and circumstances of the attack reported through police statements. The reporting also notes that the teacher is among those injured, though descriptions differ slightly about how the teacher was involved. Sky News says three people are injured, while other accounts specify the teacher and pupils as the victims. The girl remains detained under the Mental Health Act as investigations continue into the cause and context of the stabbing at the school.
14-year-old detained under Mental Health Act after stabbing at Manchester school
A 14-year-old girl is arrested and detained under the Mental Health Act following a knife attack at a school in north Manchester, police say. Multiple reports state that three people are stabbed durin...
- A 14-year-old girl is arrested after a knife attack at a school in north Manchester.
- Police say three people are stabbed, including two pupils and a teacher.
- The school goes into lockdown during the incident.
- The girl is detained under the Mental Health Act after her arrest.
- Police investigations continue following the attack.
The 'serious incident' saw the school go into lockdown after a teacher was stabbed in the neck as he heroically shielded pupils from a 14-year-old girl allegedly attacking students.
2 months agoA schoolgirl arrested after three people were injured in a school knife attack has been detained under the Mental Health Act, police said.
2 months agoA 14-year-old girl was arrested on Tuesday after stabbing two pupils and a teacher at a school in north Manchester
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