Three teens arrested over sword attack on boy that put schools into lockdown

Police at St Peter's High School in Tuffley, Gloucestershire, after a male was seen in possession of a long bladed weapon. November 6 2026. // A boy has been injured and armed police called to a school after an incident with a man armed with a ''long-bladed item''. Officers were called to Tuffley in Gloucester after reports of an altercation near St Peter's High School. A male was reported to have a weapon on Chalford Road. One boy sustained minor injuries and has been taken to hospital to be assessed. No other injuries have been reported to the large police presence in the area. Photo released 06/11/2026

Armed police swooped following a sword attack that put two nearby schools into lockdown.

Witnesses reported seeing two men, one carrying the bladed weapon, chasing two 17-year-old boys at 8.50am on Friday, just as parents were dropping off children at nearby St Peter’s High School in Tuffley, Gloucestershire.

The suspects then fled the scene on foot as armed police arrived, with St Peter’s and the nearby Willow Primary Academy put on lockdown after the incident.

Gloucestershire police said a victim sustained a ‘superficial wound believed to have been caused by the sword’ following the incident.

Police at St Peter's High School in Tuffley, Gloucestershire, after a male was seen in possession of a long bladed weapon. November 6 2026. // A boy has been injured and armed police called to a school after an incident with a man armed with a ''long-bladed item''. Officers were called to Tuffley in Gloucester after reports of an altercation near St Peter's High School. A male was reported to have a weapon on Chalford Road. One boy sustained minor injuries and has been taken to hospital to be assessed. No other injuries have been reported to the large police presence in the area. Photo released 06/11/2026

A 19-year-old man was arrested overnight on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray, Gloucestershire Constabulary said.

An 18-year-old man handed himself into police on Saturday morning, and has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon, assault and affray.

Later on Saturday, officers said a 17-year-old boy from Gloucester had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender that morning.

Detective Inspector Sophie Dawkins said: ‘We completely understand the concern this incident would have caused, especially when it happened near a school at drop-off time.’

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