LONDON: A Muslim teacher in the UK who was stabbed while protecting students from a knife-wielding attacker has been named as 27-year-old Maysam Abdullah. The teacher, of Pakistani extraction, has been hailed as a hero after he intervened in the attack at Co-op Academy Manchester this week, The Independent reported. A 14-year-old girl was charged with three counts of attempted murder after the incident. She is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London today. Aside from Abdullah, two 14-year-old students were injured in the attack and later released from hospital.

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.