Two Teenagers Arrested Following Sword Attack Near Gloucester School
Police say one 17-year-old suffered a superficial wound as officers search for two males and question a woman on suspicion of assisting an offender.
- On Friday morning, two suspects armed with a sword chased two 17-year-old boys near St Peter's R.C. High School in Tuffley, Gloucester, leaving one victim with a superficial wound, Gloucestershire Police reported.
- St Peter's and Willow Primary Academy entered lockdown while armed officers, supported by a drone unit and the National Police Air Service, searched for the suspects who fled on foot.
- Police arrested a 19-year-old man overnight and an 18-year-old man handed himself in Saturday morning, while a woman arrested Friday on suspicion of assisting an offender was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
- Gloucester MP Alex McIntyre said his thoughts are with "the young person who was injured and their family," while local councillor Lorraine Campbell called the incident "very concerning" for the community.
- Detective Inspector Sophie Dawkins said "numerous" inquiries continue, urging witnesses who have not yet spoken to police or possess dashcam footage to contact authorities quoting reference 53260095808.
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Two teenagers arrested over sword attack near Catholic school
Police have arrested two men after a teenager was injured in an alleged sword attack near a Catholic school.St Peter's High School and Willow Primary Academy in Gloucester were locked down as emergency services swarmed the scene along Chalford Road, Tuffley just before 9am yesterday.Gloucestershire Police confirmed a 17-year-old had sustained a wound "believed to have been caused by the sword".Since the incident, a 19-year-old man from Glouceste…
Two arrests made after sword attack close to Tuffley school
The British police began a hunt for two suspects, one possibly armed with a sword, after wounding a teenager near the school where he was studying in Tuffley, Gloucestershire, in the interior of England on Friday (6). The information is from the BBC network. In responding to the call, police quarantined St. Peter's High School — where the victim was studying — and the neighbor Willow Primary Academy. They still arrest a woman, suspected of assis…
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