A 12-year-old boy stabbed six classmates at a school in Azambuja, a city of Portugal located in the Lisbon district. The attacker seriously injured a girl of the same ageeven though authorities said his life was not in danger. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, happened when the minor attacked the child with a knife. several of his classmates when he was returning home after lunch. The boy’s classmates were waiting in a corridor to enter the classrooms when they were attacked without warning, according to the mayor of Azambuja, Silvino Lucio.
The mayor of the town explained that the minor He blindly attacked his colleaguesAmong the six victims are children between 11 and 14 years old. The worst was borne by a 12-year-old girl who was transferred to the Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon with a chest injury, although her life is not in danger.
The National Republican Guard (GNR) reported that the minor was “calm” at the time of his arrest. Portuguese security forces also reported that the attacker’s backpack contained a bulletproof vest. The boy assured the arresting officers that the vest belonged to his father.
The Azambuja School Association, for its part, issued a brief statement in which it stressed that what happened this Tuesday was a “isolated act” and this after having been “normalized” Given the situation, educational activity will resume “normally” from this Wednesday.
