Ann
Maguire, 61, is the first teacher to be killed in the classroom of a
British school. She was stabbed in the neck in front of pupils at the
Corpus Christie Catholic College school in Leeds.
BBC reports
that the Spanish teacher was taken to the hospital following the attack
but was later pronounced dead. A 15-year-old boy was later arrested for
her murder and is in custody.
A pupil at the scene told the BBC that
children were seen screaming and running from a classroom following the
attack. Continue...
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Supt Paul Money of West Yorkshire Police said the victim received a
number of stab wounds and a knife was recovered from the scene. He said
the 15-year-old pupil was detained by other teaching staff and arrested
in connection with the stabbing.
"The incident itself was over very
quickly and no other pupils or staff were threatened or injured. However
this has clearly been a very traumatic situation for those involved,"
Mr Money said.
He said the attack was an "unprecedented event" and schools in Leeds were "generally very safe places" to work and study.
Some
pupils at the school today said the boy who allegedly stabbed the
teacher was ‘strange’ and ‘depressed’, Daily Mail UK reports. Pupil
Jacob Hill, 16, from Leeds, said: 'He had gone through stages of
depression and used to be on anti-depressants.'
West
Yorkshire Police Chief Superintendent Paul Money said tonight: ‘The
alarm was raised by the students in the school, some of whom witnessed
the offence.‘A 61-year-old member of staff was treated by paramedics at
the scene then taken to hospital but she tragically died.
‘A
15-year-old pupil at the school was detained by teaching staff
immediately after this incident occurred and was taken into custody in
Leeds.’
He described the incident as unprecedented and said staff he
had spoken to were in shock. He also confirmed the victim suffered a
number of stab wounds and a knife was recovered from the scene.
The
school, which is a specialist technology college, is consistently
oversubscribed - and also has 'a strong Christian and community ethos'.
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