The moment a 16-year-old boy was arrested by armed police on suspicion of stabbing a girl at Thorpe St Andrew School has been captured by a dog walker.
Terrifying images were shared of armed police storming the school as pupils hid under desks after a girl was stabbed at the school on Laundry Lane, near Norwich.
Norfolk Constabulary confirmed that a 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
It is understood that the suspect jumped over the school fence at the south site entrance in Laundry Lane after stabbing a pupil, a teenage girl, at around 10.20am on Wednesday (March 11).
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He has been taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.
The victim has been taken to the hospital with “minor injuries” after a student told the Mail that they saw a girl “covered in blood”.
Photographs taken on Pound Lane, just metres from the site, show the moment was arrested as a woman who was walking her dog, snapped the moment.
The woman, who asked not to be named, said: “I was just walking the dog along my normal route and just came across the scene.
“I had heard there was something going on at the school but wasn’t expecting to see anything. The boy was standing up on the other side of the police car, with police around him.
“While I was there, about six more police cars came bombing up the road with sirens and lights on.”
She added that she also couldn’t see any blood on his clothes.
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A Norfolk Police spokesperson said: “Police were called to a school on Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew at 10.24am this morning following reports that a teenage girl had been stabbed.
“Emergency services attended the scene including fire and ambulance. The victim has been taken to hospital with minor injuries. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested nearby on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
“He has been taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning. This incident is not believed to be linked to a hate crime reported at the same school last week.”
The school was plunged into lockdown for several hours, with students barricaded into classrooms and hiding under desks while police officers stormed the school.
Owen Jenkins, the CEO of Broad Horizons Education Trust, which runs the school, said: “We have clear procedures in place and our staff acted swiftly, with the whole school going into lockdown with children staying in their classroom with their teacher.”
“One of our students was injured and is now being treated in hospital for minor injuries.”
“This has obviously been a distressing experience for our whole community and our focus now is on making sure all students feel supported as we begin to understand what happened.”
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