Police in Eppawala have arrested a Grade 12 student after he attacked five classmates with a sharp weapon inside a leading school in the town today (13).

According to the Police Media Division, the injured students, all Advanced Level technology stream pupils, were admitted to the Eppawala District Hospital with minor injuries. 

The Police stated that the assailant is a Grade 12 science stream student at the same school.

Investigations revealed that a previous dispute between the attacker and one of the injured students escalated into retaliation this morning, leading to the knife assault.

Reports indicate that after striking one student, four others who tried to intervene were also injured. 

The suspect was taken into custody along with the weapon. The Eppawala Police are conducting further investigations into the incident. (Newswire)

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Police investigations reveal that a knife attack reported in Mawanella yesterday, killing three persons, had occurred due to a dispute over a plot of land. 

According to the Police, an individual had attacked four of his relatives with a knife in the Danagama Watte area in Kondeniya, Mawanella, last evening.

Three individuals had died in the attack, while an injured woman has been admitted to the Mawanella Base Hospital. 

The 33-year-old suspect has been arrested, while the Mawanella Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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Two children have been killed and nine injured in a knife rampage targeting a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in a town in northern England on Monday, with a teenage suspect arrested over an attack one witness described as a “horror movie”.

Merseyside Police’s Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said six of the injured children are in critical condition and the attack also left two adults in critical condition.

Kennedy said that the police understands the attacker walked into the premises armed with a knife and started to attack the children.

“We believe that the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked,” she said at a news conference on Monday evening.

Merseyside Police said it received reports of a stabbing in Southport, north of Liverpool. Emergency services were called to a “major incident” in the town at around 11:50 a.m. local time (6:50aET). A 17-year-old boy was arrested at the scene on “suspicion of murder and attempted murder.”

“The investigation is in its early stages and the motivation for the incident remains unclear. However Counterterrorism Police Northwest have offered their support,” Kennedy said.

The police said earlier the incident was not treated as terror-related. (CNN)

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A 15-year-old girl has been attacked with a knife by an individual while attending Sunday school at a Buddhist temple, the Gal Oya Police stated.

According to the Police, the attack had taken place due to the victim having refused a love proposal.

Investigations reveal that the suspect had entered the Buddhist Temple and had attacked the Grade 11 student while at Sunday school.

The Police have arrested the suspect along with the knife used in the attack.

The injured victim has been admitted to the Kantale Hospital and is reportedly not in serious condition. (NewsWire)

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