Teacher stabbed to death at Leeds school by 15 year old student

Ann Maguire, 61, is the first teacher to be killed in the
classroom of a British school. She was stabbed in the neck in
front of pupils at the Corpus Christie Catholic College school in
Leeds.
BBC reports that the Spanish teacher was taken to the hospital
following the attack but was later pronounced dead. A 15-year-
old boy was later arrested for her murder and is in custody.
A pupil at the scene told the BBC that children were seen
screaming and running from a classroom following the
attack. Continue...
From BBC
Ch Supt Paul Money of West Yorkshire Police said the victim
received a number of stab wounds and a knife was
recovered from the scene. He said the 15-year-old pupil was
detained by other teaching staff and arrested in connection
with the stabbing.
"The incident itself was over very quickly and no other
pupils or staff were threatened or injured. However this has
clearly been a very traumatic situation for those involved,"
Mr Money said.
He said the attack was an "unprecedented event" and
schools in Leeds were "generally very safe places" to work
and study.
Some pupils at the school today said the boy who allegedly
stabbed the teacher was ‘strange’ and ‘depressed’, Daily Mail
UK reports. Pupil Jacob Hill, 16, from Leeds, said: 'He had gone
through stages of depression and used to be on anti-
depressants.'
West Yorkshire Police Chief Superintendent Paul Money said
tonight: ‘The alarm was raised by the students in the school,
some of whom witnessed the offence.‘A 61-year-old member of
staff was treated by paramedics at the scene then taken to
hospital but she tragically died.
‘A 15-year-old pupil at the school was detained by teaching
staff immediately after this incident occurred and was taken
into custody in Leeds.’
He described the incident as unprecedented and said staff he
had spoken to were in shock. He also confirmed the victim
suffered a number of stab wounds and a knife was recovered
from the scene.
The school, which is a specialist technology college, is
consistently oversubscribed - and also has 'a strong Christian
and community ethos'.
Source: BBC & UK Daily Mail