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Malvern schoolboy arrested over teacher attack | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A 13-year-old schoolboy who disappeared after a fellow pupil and a teacher were attacked with a knife has been arrested, West Mercia Police said. | |
The boy was found "safe" this afternoon and arrested on suspicion of wounding and carrying a bladed weapon. | |
Police said he was found on a train from Hereford to Malvern at 16:55 BST. | |
Detectives launched a search for the boy after the attack at Chase Technology College in Malvern, Worcestershire, at about 08:45 BST. | |
A male teacher and 13-year-old girl suffered minor injuries. | |
The boy was apprehended at Ledbury station in Herefordshire. | |
Leah Johnson, 16, a former pupil of Chase College, was travelling on the train when it stopped at Ledbury. | Leah Johnson, 16, a former pupil of Chase College, was travelling on the train when it stopped at Ledbury. |
She said an officer was waiting on the platform for the boy, who had been standing near the train doors for around 15 minutes. | She said an officer was waiting on the platform for the boy, who had been standing near the train doors for around 15 minutes. |
"The policeman was pacing up and down. The doors opened and he just said 'can you come with me?' and he walked off with him," she said. | "The policeman was pacing up and down. The doors opened and he just said 'can you come with me?' and he walked off with him," she said. |
The boy remains in custody at Worcester Police Station. | The boy remains in custody at Worcester Police Station. |
Earlier, there were police officers stationed at each entrance to the school and crime scene tape blocking off the main entrance. | |
Children were brought out individually from the school and handed to parents waiting at the gates. About 100 had gathered by lunchtime. |