Boy stabs, wounds at least five schoolmates, teacher in Portugal


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2024

LISBON (Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy stabbed and wounded at least five other pupils and a teacher at a school in Portugal on Tuesday, police said after taking the youngster into custody.

None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries but one girl was taken to a hospital in serious condition, said a duty police officer in the town of Azambuja, some 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Lisbon.

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