‘Hero’ teacher stabbed while protecting students in Manchester school knife attack is named

Maysum Abdullah, 27, was knifed during the incident - (Linkedin)

The teacher who was stabbed while protecting students during a knife attack at a secondary school in Manchester has been named.

Maysum Abdullah, 27, has been called a “hero” after he intervened in the attack at Co-op Academy Manchester on Plant Hill Road in Blackley on Tuesday.