A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenage girl was stabbed at Thorpe St Andrew School, a secondary school near Norwich, on Wednesday morning
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenage girl was stabbed at a secondary school.
Police were called to Thorpe St Andrew School in Laundry Lane near Norwich shortly before 10.30am following reports that a teenage girl had been stabbed. The victim has been taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and have been taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning. Pupils told the BBC that they have been placed under lockdown inside the school. Laundry Lane has been closed, police said.
A spokesperson for Norfolk Police said: “Police were called to a school on Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew at 10.24am this morning following reports that a teenage girl had been stabbed.
“Emergency services attended the scene including fire and ambulance. The victim has been taken to hospital with minor injuries. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. He has been taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning. This incident is not believed to be linked to a hate crime reported at the same school last week.”
Norfolk Police said it received a report of a suspected hate crime in which antisemitic chants were reportedly heard coming from spectators at an under-15s football match between schoolboys at the Jews’ Free School (JFS) and Thorpe St Andrew School.
In a letter to parents, Penny Bignell, the principal of Thorpe St Andrew School, said antisemitic behaviour was “completely unacceptable” and that the school had launched a full investigation.
