Teacher stabbed to death at Leeds school

[e5]

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61 year old teacher, Anne Maguire who worked at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds has been stabbed to death by a 15-year old school boy. I read on my facebook it was because she wouldn't let him have a cigarette in the playground.


A female teacher has been stabbed to death in front of pupils inside a school in Leeds.


The 61-year-old victim, who the BBC understands was Spanish teacher Anne Maguire, was taken to hospital but later pronounced dead.
A 15-year-old boy was detained by teaching staff and later arrested.


Police said there was "no ongoing risk to pupils or staff". Downing Street said the prime minister's thoughts were with the victim's family.

Two pupils at the scene told the BBC that children were seen screaming and running from a classroom following the attack.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said Mrs Maguire received a number of stab wounds and a knife was recovered from the scene.


The 15-year-old pupil was detained by other members of teaching staff and arrested in connection with the stabbing, he added.


No-one else was injured in the attack and no other student or member of staff was threatened, the spokesman said.


He said the attack was an "unprecedented event" and schools in Leeds were "generally very safe places" to work and study.


Staff members were "in shock" and Mrs Maguire's death would "understandably have a massive impact" on her family and the school, he added.


The BBC's education correspondent Sean Coughlan said the incident would bring back memories of Philip Lawrence, a head teacher who was killed outside a school in Maida Vale, London, in 1995.


Mr Lawrence was murdered when he went to help a pupil who was being attacked.


The call to police in Leeds came from the ambulance service shortly before 12:00 BST.



Particularly said as it is so close to home :( My thoughts going out to her family and friends, RIP.

[Kardan]

If she wouldn't let him have a cigarette in the playground, why were people running out of a classroom?

Horrible event anyway, RIP.

And change your avatar e5.

[GommeInc]

If she wouldn't let him have a cigarette in the playground, why were people running out of a classroom?

Horrible event anyway, RIP.

And change your avatar e5.
May have asked to go out to have a cigarette and was refused. Did seem a bit weirdly written :P

He sounds a bit like a horrid thug, it's a shame the teacher found out the hard way.

[Storking]

Shocking! what's the bet his sentence will be sickeningly poor and unjust? gah...

[Chippiewill]

inb4 dan comes in with a straw man of banning knives.

[e5]

Shocking! what's the bet his sentence will be sickeningly poor and unjust? gah...

My thoughts exactly. 15, can't be named and the sentence given to him will be nothing in comparison to what it should be :(

[GommeInc]

My thoughts exactly. 15, can't be named and the sentence given to him will be nothing in comparison to what it should be :(

To be fair, he'll have a tough time getting a job or anything so his life is ruined anyway by doing this.. That said, it would be nice just to have him off the street away from more innocent people.

[MKR&*42]

inb4 legalise all knives and guns so tht we could have prevented it :rolleyes:

[Brad]

That is so tragic. There's definitely something going around mentally. Whether it be thru video games, or television shows that are making these kids lash out with violence.
Thoughts are going out to her family, and friends during this time.

[lemons]

wth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is horrible all because he couldnt get a cigg

[Zak]

I can't believe a 15 year old was carrying a knife in school. I tell kids to stop smoking all the time as well. :(

[Storking]

I can't believe a 15 year old was carrying a knife in school. I tell kids to stop smoking all the time as well. :(

Times are changing fast!

Every year the upcoming set of teenagers seem to be getting cheekier, more abusive and braver to insult complete strangers and have a laugh with their mates about it. Today I saw a group of 12-13 year old girls being abusive, shouting and screaming *REMOVED* among other crap. Why? Poor parenting? Removal of authority from teachers? It infuriates me. Lot's of teens need to be put in their place.

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[Ardemax]

Such tragic news, I hope she has found peace.


That is so tragic. There's definitely something going around mentally. Whether it be thru video games, or television shows that are making these kids lash out with violence.

No.

[Kardan]

I can't believe a 15 year old was carrying a knife in school. I tell kids to stop smoking all the time as well. :(

I was threatened with a knife by kids in my school year, we were 13.

[Brad]

Such tragic news, I hope she has found peace.



No.

How can you just say no, and then give no reasoning behind it. Please try this again.

To post on topic:
The times are! I don't think I ever heard about kids bringing knives and guns to school when I was going thru.

[Empired]

How horrible! I agree that the article is confusing though, how come they were running from a classroom if it happened in the playground?

Why was he allowed to carry a knife anyway? I know I had to get my craft knife for my art GCSE exam brought in by my mum and was kept by the teacher during the breaks.. I suppose if nobody knew then fair enough but why would a child in a "generally safe school" be carrying a knife anyway?

[Yupt]

Someone I know actually went to that school, she's gutted about it. Things like this just serve as a constant reminder that there's always work to be done to improve community safety and mental health of children.

[Zak]

I was threatened with a knife by kids in my school year, we were 13.

and I thought kids at my school were hardcore

[e5]

How horrible! I agree that the article is confusing though, how come they were running from a classroom if it happened in the playground?

Why was he allowed to carry a knife anyway? I know I had to get my craft knife for my art GCSE exam brought in by my mum and was kept by the teacher during the breaks.. I suppose if nobody knew then fair enough but why would a child in a "generally safe school" be carrying a knife anyway?

I just said I read on Facebook that this happened :P the quoted is fact, the rest is just my view and what my fb friends from around the area said, maybe they made it up :D

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Also the kid who did it has been named, illegally all over my Facebook might I add

[-:Undertaker:-]

That is so tragic. There's definitely something going around mentally. Whether it be thru video games, or television shows that are making these kids lash out with violence.

It's lack of discipline. I would bring back corporal punishment in schools tomorrow - and I would have got caned a fair few times.

Awful story, RIP to the teacher.

[Brad]

It's lack of discipline. I would bring back corporal punishment in schools tomorrow - and I would have got caned a fair few times.

Awful story, RIP to the teacher.

I totally agree. Discipline is so far gone it's not even funny anymore. A parent can't even discipline their child anymore without it being reported to Child Services or something ridiculous like that.

It is quite a sad story, the amount of shootings/stabbings in the past year and a half in America is shocking.

[The Don]

It's lack of discipline. I would bring back corporal punishment in schools tomorrow - and I would have got caned a fair few times.

Awful story, RIP to the teacher.

A lack of discipline doesn't make somebody murder someone over being told they can't have a cigarette.

[-:Undertaker:-]

A lack of discipline doesn't make somebody murder someone over being told they can't have a cigarette.

Well actually it does, just as it leads to children becoming a part of the criminal class. If children are not taught to respect authority and do as they are told, then the cycle becomes worse and as they get older they'll get worse. That's why so many of the kids in school you knew who were little horrors tend to turn out to be criminals when they leave school, and then end up in prison. Nobody's ever had the guts to tell them no and come down on them like a shower of bricks: not the primary school teachers, not the high school teachers, not the parents and not the law.

If you have no respect for your teachers or school, then you'll later in life have no respect for the Police or the law.

[The Don]

Well actually it does, just as it leads to children becoming a part of the criminal class. If children are not taught to respect authority and do as they are told, then the cycle becomes worse and as they get older they'll get worse. That's why so many of the kids in school you knew who were little horrors tend to turn out to be criminals when they leave school, and then end up in prison. Nobody's ever had the guts to tell them no and come down on them like a shower of bricks: not the primary school teachers, not the high school teachers, not the parents and not the law.

If you have no respect for your teachers or school, then you'll later in life have no respect for the Police or the law.

Yeh I agree that a lack of discipline is bad, but to stab somebody multiple times for such a trivial reason is obviously down to other issues besides the lack of discipline. Definitely some mental health issues going on there...

[Bankai90]

Kids these days, already commiting crime at a young age. The 61 year old teacher do a good thing btw, preventing an underage from smoking. Just wondering, is she asking that boy nicely or in an angry tone? Just curious as the boy end up stabbed her to death.

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[e5]

Kids these days, already commiting crime at a young age. The 61 year old teacher do a good thing btw, preventing an underage from smoking. Just wondering, is she asking that boy nicely or in an angry tone? Just curious as the boy end up stabbed her to death.

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As said, it's only what I've read from my peers on facebook. Nothing is confirmed. For all we know, she was telling him off and he didn't like it.

[Kardan]

It's lack of discipline. I would bring back corporal punishment in schools tomorrow - and I would have got caned a fair few times.

Awful story, RIP to the teacher.

How would corporal punishment stop someone being stabbed?

[Zak]

It's lack of discipline. I would bring back corporal punishment in schools tomorrow - and I would have got caned a fair few times.

Awful story, RIP to the teacher.

Don't you think though that if teachers did start caning students in schools now that the student is more inclined to attack back?

and this will cause more problems in the long run?

[GommeInc]

I was threatened with a knife by kids in my school year, we were 13.
Christ :O Most I had was in Year 7 when puberty was kicking in someone thought it would be amazing to share the good news he had hair in certain areas and show it off.

Not sure what the best solution is for children. It's not necessarily just a school problem. You do not want strict teachers as not everyone will learn from someone whose face looks like it is going to explode. One to one chats seemed to work but I haven't seen the latest system in play.


Don't you think though that if teachers did start caning students in schools now that the student is more inclined to attack back?

and this will cause more problems in the long run?
Indeed, it happened recently when a teacher used self-defence to hold down a pupil. The cane worked in last century, but it seems incredibly out of date in this millennium.

[Zak]

Indeed, it happened recently when a teacher used self-defence to hold down a pupil. The cane worked in last century, but it seems incredibly out of date in this millennium.

Yeh that's exactly what I was thinking though I know what he's trying to get at.

Was the teacher allowed to do that? From how I understand it putting your hands on a pupil in anyway is a no-no.

[Matt]

Oh my, that's so sad. RIP and my thoughts go out to her family. Surely the kid had problems, whether it be involving drugs or some sort of mental/anger issues.

[GommeInc]

Yeh that's exactly what I was thinking though I know what he's trying to get at.

Was the teacher allowed to do that? From how I understand it putting your hands on a pupil in anyway is a no-no.
Hmm, yes and no. It was argued he over-exerted himself using force. If a pupil is definitely going to kill or seriously injure someone you can always use self-defence, but when they're just acting up you can't really do anything other than watch or tell them to stop, without really shouting. The school system is a mess, but how behaviour can be reformed in the system is another problem.

[Naturlee]

This is truly shocking. My thoughts are with all affected by it.

[Zak]

Hmm, yes and no. It was argued he over-exerted himself using force. If a pupil is definitely going to kill or seriously injure someone you can always use self-defence, but when they're just acting up you can't really do anything other than watch or tell them to stop, without really shouting. The school system is a mess, but how behaviour can be reformed in the system is another problem.

I bet the teacher never saw it coming.. not that she would be able to protect herself being 61. It's such a shame, what is wrong with this generation of kids... It seems to just keep getting worse.

[Derrener]

heard about this this mornin. horrible. RIP

[Ardemax]

How can you just say no, and then give no reasoning behind it. Please try this again.

The argument that video games causes violence in children is just nonsense. If you can provide a shred of evidence (whilst remembering that correlation does not suggest cause) on this issue then I will well and truly be amazed.