Girl, 13, appears in court charged with stabbing two teachers and classmate in Ammanford school playground

A TEEN girl has appeared in court charged with stabbing two teachers and a classmate in the school playground.

The horror unfolded at Amman Valley School, also known as Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, in Carmarthenshire, on Wednesday.

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A 13-year-old girl has now been charged with three counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.

She appeared at Llanelli Magistrate’s Court today where she spoke only to confirm her name, date of birth and address.

The teen was remanded into youth custody to next appear Swansea Crown Court on May 27.

Pupils were kept in classrooms during a "code red" lockdown after teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin were knifed.

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A girl was also injured in the frenzy, which saw police swarm the school.

The rampage came to an end when hero teacher Darrell Campbell "wrestled the knife" out of the teen girl's grip.

Mrs Hopkin, 53, who works with special needs students, was stabbed four times.

While drama and Welsh teacher Ms Elias, who is head of year, was rushed to hospital after being knifed in the neck.

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All three victims have now been discharged from hospital after suffering non life-threatening injuries.

Teenage boy arrested

A 15-year-old boy arrested over "concerning messages being shared on social media" remains in custody.

Police executing a warrant at the property, which is in the Ammanford area, found a BB gun.

Supt Ross Evans said: "A 13-year-old girl was arrested at the scene, I can confirm, she has now been charged with three counts of attempted murder.

"Following this, yesterday evening, our control room received a number of calls reporting concerns about messages being shared on social media which had references to the incident here at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman.

"Officers swiftly carried out a warrant at the home of the person believed to be responsible for this content."

Michael Cray, senior Crown prosecutor at CPS Cymru-Wales, said: "Criminal proceedings are active and the defendant has the right to a fair trial.

"It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings."

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