Three teenagers arrested after 17-year-old injured in Gloucester sword attack

Armed police attended the scene, which led to two nearby schools going into lockdown

Three teenagers have been arrested after a 17-year-old was injured in a suspected sword attack near a school in Gloucester.

Officers were called to Chalford Road, near St Peter's high school, in Tuffley, shortly after 8.50am on Friday. It was reported that two people, one in possession of a sword, had been seen chasing two 17-year-olds. The suspects then fled the scene on foot.