Three arrested in school stabbing case

The head of CPH West school said that the stabbing was the result of a personal conflict

Sep 3, 2013

Copenhagen Vestegn Police have arrested three people in connection with the non-fatal stabbing that took place at a school in the western suburb of Ishøj yesterday.

The three were questioned today in a preliminary hearing at the courthouse in Glostrup.

In yesterday's incident, twin brothers were stabbed during recess in the CPH West school courtyard just before lunch.

Eva Hofman-Bang, the head of CPH West, said today that the police had informed her that the stabbing was connected to personal disagreements between the parties.

The stabbing victims are 18-years-old and were described as having a "foreign background".

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