Maysum Abdullah, 27, was stabbed while trying to protect pupils at Co-op Academy Manchester as the school was locked down amid reports of a pupil with a knife

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

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

Maysum Abdullah, 27, was stabbed while trying to protect pupils at Co-op Academy Manchester as the school was locked down amid reports of a pupil with a knife

Maysum Abdullah, 27, suffered injuries to his neck and hand after allegedly intervening when a teenage girl armed with a knife attacked fellow students.

Maysum Abdullah has been praised after he stepped in to protect his students