Two men arrested after boy injured in Gloucester sword attack
Armed police attended the scene, which led to two nearby schools going into lockdown on Friday Two teenagers have been arrested after a 17-year-old was…
Armed police attended the scene, which led to two nearby schools going into lockdown on Friday Two teenagers have been arrested after a 17-year-old was injured in a suspected sword attack near a Catholic school in Gloucester, The Guardian reported.
Officers were called to Chalford Road, near St Peter’s high school, in Tuffley, shortly after 8.50am on Friday. The suspects then fled the scene on foot.
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- United Kingdom · Europe
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- The Guardian
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- Gloucester, Catholic, Chalford Road, St Peter
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- World
- Figure cited
- It was reported that two men – one in possession of a sword – had been seen chasing two 17-year-old boys. (The Guardian)
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