A 12-year-old boy wearing a bulletproof vest stabs six classmates at a school in Portugal

A 12-year-old boy has stabbed with a knife to six companions in a school in the Portuguese town of Azambuja, about 50 kilometers northeast of Lisbon. One of the students stabbed has serious injuriesalthough his life is not in danger.

The colonel of the National Republican Guard (GNR) of Azambuja Fernando Lisboa has explained in statements to journalists at the door of the school that the stabbed minors are between the ages of between 11 and 14 years old: Five people were slightly injured and one girl was seriously injured and taken to hospital.

The children were taken to hospital with injuries to their arms and stomach, according to the Portuguese newspaper News Journalalthough the only thing that worries is the state of the girl who He has injuries to his chest and head.

The Mayor Azambuja’s Silvino Lúcio has indicated to the EFE agency that the attacker went home to eat and He returned to school armed with a knife and a bulletproof vest, which belonged to his father. He then began to indiscriminately attack colleagues who were in a hallway at the school.

Finally, the attacker, who is in seventh grade, was immobilized by the school staff until the GNR agents arrived. For the moment the reasons are unknown.

“Nothing indicated this type of attitude“, assured the mayor of Azambuja.

Local media have provided further details on the identity of the attacker. He is the son of a teacher from another school, he has no history of violence. nor has he ever given any indication that he could commit an act of this nature.

According to the GNR, the author of the attack I was “calm” and is waiting “calmly” to speak with the Judicial Police, who will be in charge of the investigation.

Montenegro condemns the attack

The Prime Minister of Portugal, Luis Montenegrohas condemned “in the strongest terms the attack that occurred at the Azambuja Elementary School” and “hopes for a full and speedy recovery of the injured students.”

“It’s about an isolated act and a strange phenomenon for Portuguese societybut which should make all those who work in the public sphere reflect with a sense of responsibility. The Government remains fully committed to the protection of citizens and the structuring institutions of our country, such as schools,” Montenegro wrote on the social network X.

For its part, the Azambuj School Association has published a brief statement in which it points out that the situation “has been an isolated fact” and stresses that classes will resume “as normal” this Wednesday.