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Teenage girl arrested after two teachers and student stabbed at Welsh secondary school

Source: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

A teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two teachers and a student were stabbed at Amman Valley School in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Students were held in lockdown in their classes on Wednesday as the “deeply worrying” incident unfolded.

Victims have been taken to hospital with non life-threatening stab wounds and the teenage girl remains in police custody, Dyfed-Powys Police said.

The school will be closed on Thursday to allow police to “further carry out their investigations”.

Darren Price, leader

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