Teenage boy guilty of trying to murder girl, 15, in school
A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a 15-year-old girl after stabbing her at a school in Norfolk. The court heard the teenager harbored a hatred of women and an obsessive interest in killers.
Why it matters
This case highlights growing concerns regarding youth radicalization, misogynistic online ideologies, and school safety.
Image source, Shaun Whitmore/BBC Image caption, Police were called to Thorpe St Andrew School at 10:24 GMT on the Wednesday of the attack
A teenage boy who had a hatred of women and an "obsessive interest" in killers has been found guilty of the attempted murder of a girl at his school.
The boy dressed in black and wore a face mask before stabbing the 15-year-old victim in the back at Thorpe St Andrew School, near Norwich, in March.
Armed police were called to the school, which went into lockdown, and the attack was caught on CCTV.
The boy, who is 16 and cannot be named for legal reasons, wrote notes about hating women and had an "obsessive and dangerous interest in killers and killing", jurors at King's Lynn Crown Court were told. He will be sentenced on 18 December.
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