A 12-year-old boy has left at least five other pupils and a teacher injured after a school knife rampage.
The child allegedly entered the institution in Portugal where he is said to have been a pupil and started stabbing everyone he saw in a horror attack at 2.14pm today.
He was wearing a bullet-proof vest and is claimed to have attacked five girls and a boy – aged between 12 and 14 – with a sharp weapon, SIC Noticias reports.
Portuguese national police said that the victims were aged from 11 to 14 years old in the attack at the school in Azambuja near Lisbon.
One boy was seriously injured with a chest wound but his life is not in danger, according to Azambuja mayor Silvino Lucio.
The child allegedly entered the institution in Portugal and started stabbing everyone he saw in a horror attack at 2.14pm today. Pictured: Azambuja Basic School
The boy had been taken to a hospital in Lisbon.
The mayor said five girls suffered light wounds to their arms.
The attacker was in custody, the police said.
‘He entered (the school) after lunch and started stabbing everyone he saw,’ Azambuja Mayor Silvino Lucio told CNN Portugal.
Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro condemned the attack and wished for the quick recovery of the injured children in a message posted on social media platform X.
He called it an ‘isolated attack’ that was extremely rare in his country.
‘It was an isolated act and a strange occurrence in Portuguese society, but one that should make everyone who works in public space reflect with a sense of responsibility,’ Montenegro wrote in Portuguese.
This is a breaking story. More to follow.