A student has been arrested by Manchester police on suspicion of stabbing three classmates. Greater Manchester police announced this, while local media report that the arrested child is only 12 years old and one of the victims is 11.

The Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road was placed in lockdown and a girl was arrested following the 'serious incident'.

The Co-op Academy in Blackley was placed in lockdown and a girl was arrested following the 'serious incident' this morning.

Police officers remain at the Co-op Academy in Blackley

A 14-year-old girl has been arrested after a stabbing at a secondary school in Manchester left a teacher and two students injured, BBC reports.

The school placed itself in lockdown after the incident

Two pupils, both aged 14, and a male member of staff, 27, were wounded in the knife attack