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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Boy, 13, charged with attempted murder after double stabbing at Brent school

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a pupil was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife at a school in north-west London.

Emergency services were called to Kingsbury High School in Brent at around 12.40pm on Tuesday following reports that two students had been stabbed. One boy sustained three stab wounds, a spinal fracture and injuries to the neck and hands that required surgery, Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told on Thursday.

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