Boy stabs, wounds at least five schoolmates, teacher in Portugal

Boy stabs, wounds at least five schoolmates, teacher in Portugal

A 12-year-old boy stabbed and wounded at least five other pupils and a teacher at a school in Portugal on Tuesday, police said after taking the youngster into custody.

None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries but one girl was taken to a hospital in serious condition, said a duty police officer in the town of Azambuja, some 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Lisbon.

It was not immediately clear what provoked the attack.

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"He entered (the school) after lunch and started stabbing everyone he saw," Azambuja Mayor Silvino Lucio told CNN Portugal.

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