A TEEN girl has been charged with attempted murder following a bloody stabbing rampage at a school in Wales.
Two teachers and a schoolgirl were slashed after the pupil “went mad” in the playground at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on Wednesday.
Dozens of emergency service vehicles, including helicopters, landed at Amman Valley School on Wednesday following the horror in CarmarthenshireMedia Wales
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FacebookFiona Elias was one of the teachers stabbed in the frenzy[/caption]
WNSLiz Hopkin works as a special needs teacher at the school[/caption]
FacebookFormer rugby player Darrel Campbell disarmed a teenager with a knife at the school on Wednesday[/caption]
The chaos ended after hero teacher Darrel Campbell grabbed the teenage girl and put her in an arm lock.
Police later swooped on the school and arrested the 14-year-old suspect.
Head of Year Fiona Elias, Liz Hopkin and another schoolgirl were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Mrs Hopkin, 53, who works with special needs students, was stabbed four times.
She is “quite seriously hurt” but has since been discharged from hospital, her husband John said.
Dyfed-Powys Police said on Thursday the child victim, as well as Ms Elias, have also been discharged from hospital.
The attacks happened around 11.15am outside the canteen of the 1,500 pupil school in rural Wales.
A “code red” alert was sounded over the school’s tannoy and children fled into classrooms and cowered under tables as police and ambulances rushed to the campus.
The shocking aftermath of the knife attack was captured on video as one boy yelled: “That girl’s got stabbed”.
The video, which we are choosing not to show, appears to show two girls on the ground in an outside area of the school before one is pulled away by staff.
One boy can be heard saying: “What the f, what the f?” before a teacher orders the students to “get to class now”.
Hundreds of parents gathered outside the school gates while the children were kept on lockdown for around four hours.
On the school’s website headteacher James Durbridge said: “Today has been a very difficult day.
“It goes without saying that my thoughts are with the three individuals and their families, who have been affected by today’s incident.
“We are proud to have witnessed pupils embodying the school’s core values while supporting their peers and staff.
“I wish to commend all staff and pupils for their calm and mature response during today’s lockdown.”
The school remains closed today while forensic investigations continue.
Robert MelenA schoolgirl witness said: ‘Everyone was running and there were screams that the girl was going mad with a knife’[/caption]
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PAOn the school’s website headteacher James Durbridge said: ‘Today [Wednesday] has been a very difficult day’[/caption]
WNSTwo teachers and a female pupil were stabbed at a secondary school in Wales[/caption]