A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire on Monday morning.
A student reportedly stabbed teacher Jamie Sansom, The Independent understands, whose condition is stable.
Following a lockdown lift, pupils began to filter out of the site on Monday afternoon.
“It was initially thought that the suspect had fled the scene and hidden himself in the school grounds,” Assistant Chief Constable Richard Ocone told reporters outside Tewkesbury Academy.
“Specialist resources, including the National Police Air Service and plain clothed officers, were deployed to search the wider area and thanks to their efforts the suspect was safely arrested by firearms officers in Stoke Orchard at 11am this morning.
“A knife was seized during that arrest. Searches have continued in order to ensure there were no further casualties and we can now confirm that no-one else was injured in this attack.
“At this stage the motivation behind the attack is unclear but at this time there is no evidence to suggest it is terrorism related.”
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