A 12-year-old boy stabbed six classmates at a Portuguese school north of Lisbon, injuring six children, one of them seriously, rescue services said. One 12-year-old girl was seriously wounded on Tuesday after being stabbed in the chest and in the head,

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.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal was shaken Tuesday when a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in a rare episode of violence inside a school. Portuguese national police said that the victims were from 11 to 14 years old in the attack at the school in Azambuja near Lisbon.

A young schoolboy stabbed and injured six other children aged from 11 to 14 at a school in Portugal, in what was described as a "strange" and "isolated attack" in Lisbon

A 12-year-old boy dressed in a bulletproof vest has stabbed six pupils in a school in Portugal, according to police. The child attacked other pupils at the school in Azambuja, near Lisbon.

One child was seriously injured and five other victims suffered light wounds in the attack at a school near Lisbon, Portuguese national police say

The victims, aged 11 to 14, were attacked on the school premises in what authorities described as a rare and isolated incident.

Police have arrested a 12-year-old suspect after five pupils and one teacher have been injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Portugal. It is not immediately clear what provoked the attack in the town of Azambuja.