'I couldn't speak to my mum or dad' | Tewkesbury Academy student on terrifying stabbing incident

Certainly this morning there was panic on the part of many parents who had not necessarily been given as much information and who are working like us discovering for the first time exactly what had happened, but the confirmation just over an hour ago that Gloucestershire Police confirmed arrest of a teenager on suspicion of attempted murder now they could not confirm any evidence that they had a motivation or if this was related to terrorism, but we do know that the

incident

took place inside an interior hallway at the school was a teacher who was stabbed multiple reports from parents I had spoken to who said it was a math teacher who said they told me it was a math teacher who was the one who was stabbed were taken to the hospital where they remain Police say they are located in stable condition, which of course is very good news for the school here and of course for many of its own

student

s now in response to that

incident

when the police were called to this school at around 9:10 this tomorrow, that school and the neighboring schools. was closed this Academy here has a different number of schools that lead to the back of their playing field and the police did not know or were not sure if this suspect had fled as they had planes, plainclothes police officers in the area , as well as other firearms.

Officers in the area and also canvassing the school now police confirmed at that press conference that the suspect was arrested in Stoke Orchard, which is about a 10-minute drive or about three miles away, so the suspect managed to get quite a distance from the school. school. if they were actually on foot before an arrest could be made and the knife was confiscated in that arrest, but of course for the

student

s and parents here there were very, very scary moments. I talked to one year, seven people here about his experience and I didn't know anyone. a lot of things but we have this like a Chromebook so I can watch the news and what happened that's how I found out about the staff and also the teachers said about the person that was stabbed we were all locked in um for the classroom to So that none of us can leave, the only time we can leave is if one of us needs to go to the bathroom or something.

I was feeling really scared because I didn't have my phone with me because I forgot it. I didn't talk to my mom, my dad or my brother about it like that, so the school came out of that lockdown just before two o'clock and a lot of, as you can imagine, parents running with open arms just to hug their kids. The school confirmed that they will be open tomorrow and will return to classes normally with support for those students who need it.