{"id":44077,"date":"2024-10-07T11:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/ammanford-school-stabbing-girl-took-knives-to-school\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T11:41:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:41:24","slug":"ammanford-school-stabbing-girl-took-knives-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/ammanford-school-stabbing-girl-took-knives-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ammanford school stabbing: Girl took knives to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5279\/live\/e621d400-823c-11ef-ad45-893aa022fcbc.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"BBC Teacher Liz Hopkin on the left. She has a blonde bob haircut, glasses and a dark jumper and is smiling. Fiona Elias, with blonde hair, on the right is also smiling\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Teachers Liz Hopkin (left) and Fiona Elias (right) were injured at the school on 24 April<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil said she had taken a knife to school every day since primary school, a court has heard.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, as well as a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, were taken to hospital after being stabbed on 24 April.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The girl, who cannot be named due to her age, has admitted the triple stabbing but denies attempted murder.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Giving evidence at Swansea Crown Court, she said she was &#8220;scared and worried&#8221; in school so had taken &#8220;blades&#8221; or multi-tools in with her since Year 3 or 4.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She confirmed Ms Elias found a knife in her bag in September 2023 because she &#8220;forgot it was there&#8221; and was suspended for five days.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Her dad subsequently checked her bag daily so she would take knives to school in her pocket, she said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The girl denied saying she wanted to kill Ms Elias before the attacks.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I would say stuff like \u2018I want to punch her, or slap her. I never wished by anyone to be dead,&#8221; she told the court.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Footage shows the moment a 14-year-old pupils stabs a teacher at a south Wales school<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The teenager said she did not know Ms Hopkin, but had drawn and written about the pupil who was stabbed.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She said that followed an incident that made her &#8220;angry&#8221; a week or two before the attacks, but she told the jury she did not want to physically hurt the pupil.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She said she put the multitool in her pocket &#8220;as usual&#8221; on 24 April and would keep it under her bed or in her clothes so it would be &#8220;less suspicious&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/f788\/live\/8d9a7d60-8263-11ef-a96a-4578729d5d06.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Crown Prosecution Service Image of the knife used in the attack, silver, with a folding hinge\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Crown Prosecution Service<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">In CCTV footage shown to the court , the girl could be seen sitting around a table with a group of pupils and showing them the above knife<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She said nobody checked her bag that day and she was on her period, causing her to feel &#8220;upset or grumpy&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She said before the stabbings she carved her name into the floor in the lower school hall, an area she was not allowed to be in.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She also told the court she had self harmed in the past.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The trial continues<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckgmv0kpyxxo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Teachers Liz Hopkin (left) and Fiona Elias (right) were injured at the school on 24 April A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil said she had taken a knife to school every day since primary school, a court has heard. 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