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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent

Girl who stabbed teachers in Welsh school had been considered for Prevent

Exterior of school with sign reading Ysgol Dyffryn Aman with police officers outside
A referral to the anti-radicalisation scheme was discussed after the teenager was found with a knife at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Carmarthenshire. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A teenager given a 15-year sentence for attempting to murder three people at her school in south-west Wales when she was 13 had been considered for referral to the anti-extremism Prevent programme over her interest in Adolf Hitler, according to a new inquiry.

The girl, now 15, who cannot be named for legal reasons, used a knife to stab two teachers and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, in April 2024. She told police after her arrest: “That’s one way to be a celebrity.”

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