Two men arrested after boy injured in sword attack

St Peter's High School and Willow Primary Academy, in Tuffley, were put into lockdown after the incident at 08:50 GMT on Friday. Armed police attended the scene to search for the suspects who reportedly fled on foot. A 19-year-old, from Gloucester, was arrested overnight on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray.

An 18-year-old, also from Gloucester, was held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray. Gloucestershire Police also said that a woman who had previously been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender had been released on police bail. At the school gates outside St Peter's High School on Friday, a pupil called Jimmy told the BBC the situation was "really scary" and that they had been told to lock doors and turn lights off.

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