Friday, June 12, 2015

VIDEO: Dramatic moment schoolboy, 14, was arrested after stabbing Nigerian Teacher, Vincent Uzomah in classroom

Dixons Kings Academy schoolboy arrested for stabbing teacher Vincent Uzomah in Bradford

This is the moment a 14-year-old schoolboy was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a science teacher was stabbed in a classroom in front of horrified pupils.

The teenager was taken into custody in Bradford City Centre after a large manhunt following the incident at Dixons Kings Academy.

Vincent Uzomah, a married father-of-two, remains in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach in an alleged row over a mobile phone before a science class at around 9am.

The 50-year-old Nigerian national had only joined the school four weeks before being stabbed by a youngster with what police believe was a kitchen knife.

Video footage of the moment the teenager was arrested was obtained by The Daily Mirror this evening.

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In it, the youngster is seen being led away by uniformed police officers after being told he is being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. A friend can be heard arguing with police before being told to step back.

He had earlier fled the school within seconds of the attack as emergency services brought Mr Uzomah to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

Teachers later appealed for the boy to hand himself in and claimed he had brought a knife with him to school.

It has since emerged the child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been at the school for around a year and that there have been previous problems with his behaviour.

Described by police as Asian with short dark hair, he was said to have fled the school in his uniform shortly after the incident which took place at 8.50am.

Pupils in the Year 10 science class who witnessed the attack claimed it was the result of a row over a mobile phone.

One 13-year-old girl said she saw Mr Uzomah 'hunched' over in a corridor with blood pouring from his stomach.

'We were in the classroom next door and it was really hectic and then we heard that a teacher had been stabbed by a student.'

Another said: 'I heard the boy stabbed the teacher because he took his phone off him. I was disgusted.'  

Following the incident this morning neighbours of Mr Uzomah, who lives with his wife Uduak Imeh-Uzomah and their children Samuel, 12, and Glory, 11, in a £150,000 semi-detached house in Leeds, described him as being friendly and a 'lovely guy'.

The teacher worked across Bradford as a supply teacher to fund his own higher education, spending his spare time working towards a PhD at the University of Salford.

Last night friends said he had spoken in the past of pupils 'naughty' behaviour.  

His next-door neighbour described him as a 'lovely' guy who is an asset to the community.

Culled - DailyMail

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