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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

Suspect in stabbing of two boys at north London school is former pupil

Police outside Kingsbury high school
Police outside Kingsbury high school, north-west London, where two boys, aged 12 and 13, were stabbed on Tuesday. Photograph: Oscar Rihil/PA

A 13-year-old suspected of stabbing two boys at a secondary school is a former pupil who was arrested after being seen at a mosque after the attack, which has not been declared a terrorist incident, police said.

Two pupils at Kingsbury high school in Brent, north-west London, were seriously injured at lunchtime on Tuesday. Both remain in a “stable” condition in hospital with injuries now thought not to be life-threatening.

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