Boy injured in school stab attack

A 14-year-old school boy was stabbed with a craft knife during an art lesson at a Northampton school, police said. Officers were called to Northampton School for Boys on Wednesday afternoon following reports of a teenager suffering a knife wound. The boy was taken to hospital where he was treated for a chest injury. It is not thought to be life-threatening. Another pupil, aged 14, has been arrested in connection with the stabbing and is being questioned. Det Ch Insp Steve Howard, of Northampton Police, said: "This was a classroom incident which sadly resulted in a young boy receiving a knife wound. "But I must stress that the weapon used was a craft knife which was made available to pupils for a lesson. This was not a case where a knife was brought into the school." Mr Howard stressed that the county did not have a problem... [read full story]