Gloucester sword attack near two schools, Digi Mart USA News (Tuffley, Gloucester, England): Two men and a boy have been arrested after a teenager was injured in an attack involving a sword near two schools in Gloucester.
St Peter’s High School and Willow Primary Academy, in Tuffley, were put into lockdown after the incident at 08:50 GMT on Friday. Police said a 17-year-old suffered a wound “believed to have been caused by the sword.”
A 19-year-old was arrested overnight on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray. An 18-year-old was held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray.
Another 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. The three suspects, all from Gloucester, remain in police custody for questioning.
Police said two men, one with a sword, had been seen chasing two boys. Armed officers attended the scene to search for the suspects, who reportedly fled on foot.
Police described the 17-year-old’s injury as a “superficial wound believed to have been caused by the sword.”
Gloucestershire Police also said a woman who had previously been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender had been released on police bail.
At the school gates outside St Peter’s High School on Friday, a pupil named Jimmy told the BBC the situation was “really scary” and said pupils had been told to lock doors and turn lights off. “At the time I was scared.
My heart was racing,” he said. Jimmy said pupils were locked in their classrooms for several hours.
The story was reported by the BBC and has not been independently verified.
