A teenage girl was arrested in south Wales for attempted murder after three people – two teachers and a student of the same age as the attacker – were injured on Wednesday April 24 in a school, announced the local police.
Police were called late in the morning to Amman Valley School in Ammanford, where emergency services were dispatched and the school of 1,720 students was cordoned off. The three victims, who suffered stab wounds, were taken to hospital, local police commander Ross Evans said in a statement.
Before the circumstances of this attack were publicly clarified, the facts quickly provoked a number of political reactions. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he “shocked” and thanked the police and emergency services in a message on X.
The Welsh Prime Minister, Vaughan Gething, (Labour) spoke of a “deeply worrying time for the school, families and local people”. “Schools should be a safe place to learn and discover. It is deeply sad and upsetting that today teachers and students have seen this security shattered by a violent event.”reacted for his part, on the same social network, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies.