14 year old stabbed in school

According to the Croydon advertiser a school child in Croydon has been taken into hospital after being stabbed whilst in school

The advitisers title read " A 14-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after being stabbed at a Croydon school", reportedly the 14 year old victim had to be rushed to hospital after emergency services were called to the school around 11:56 am, the child was then taken to a Croydon hospital where they received treatment for stab wounds however they were not thought to be life threatening.

Since the attack a 15 year old pupil has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm but has been released whilst the investigation is still pending. Parents of the pupils have voice their concerns for the safety of there children, they also claimed the school authority had not Informed them about the serious incident.

The same 15 year old boy was also arrested on suspicion of possession of a pointed or bladed article, one mother of a pupil went on to say “I asked what he was stabbed with, was it maybe a pen, maybe some scissors or something?“No. She said it was a kitchen knife. I don’t know how badly he was hurt."

Knife crime is becoming a large problem for London's youth community and the fact that it is now apparently happening in the "safety" of a secondary school is verry troubling for the local communities. Local authorities may have to consider placing metal detectors in the at high schools in order to discourage and detect any knife carriers. This is verry reminiscent of the situation in America in which the schools are finding ways to defend against school shootings, now in the UK we have school stabbings

Both the victim and the attacker were under the age of 16 which is extremely scary for parents trying to bring up children in that area as if the kids are doing this now when they hit 18 what type of stuff are they going to be doing

Harris south Norwood have stayed verry quite about the incident, "When the Advertiser approached Harris Academy South Norwood for comment, including about whether parents were officially informed of the incident, the school declined to comment."