Three teachers and two students are stabbed 'by pupil, 14, who pulled a knife out of his bag and went on rampage as classes began' at Spanish school

Three teachers and two students were allegedly stabbed by a 14-year-old pupil who pulled a knife out of his bag and went on a rampage as classes began at a Spanish school this morning. 

The teenager, who has not been named, allegedly stabbed the five victims repeatedly as classes started at around 8.25am at the Elena García Armada Institute in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain.

The 14-year-old, said to have autism, had entered the classroom this morning before he took out a large knife from his backpack and began ‘stabbing everyone who passed by’, police sources claim. 

He allegedly stabbed his classmates and tried to take them hostage before the teachers tried to restrain him – but this is when he allegedly stabbed one female teacher in the eye and two other tutors.

Police were called to the scene where they quickly apprehended the 14-year-old pupil and arrested him while the high school was evacuated and medics treated the injured.

The teacher who was stabbed in the eye was rushed to hospital and is in a serious condition, reports ABC de Andalucia. The condition of the other two teachers and two students is not yet known.

Panicked parents, upon hearing the news of the stabbing, rushed to the school where they had dropped their children off only minutes earlier. They were seen standing by the school gates, waiting and hoping that their children would emerge unscathed

The teenager, who has not been named, allegedly stabbed the five victims as classes started in the school Elena García Armada in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain (file image of school)

Panicked parents, upon hearing the news of the stabbing, rushed to the school where they had dropped their children off only minutes earlier. 

They were seen standing by the school gates, waiting and hoping that their children would emerge unscathed. 

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