Primary sources: Appeal for witnesses and information following serious incident in Tuffley, Gloucester, Armed Response following incident near school in Tuffley, Gloucester

Two men from Gloucester remain in police custody after a 17-year-old was wounded in an attack involving a sword near St Peter's High School in Tuffley on Friday morning, Gloucestershire Police said^1,2,3,4,5.

The force said officers were called shortly after 8.50 a.m. on Nov. 6 to an altercation on Chalford Road near the school^3,4,5. Two males, one with a sword, had been seen chasing two boys and then fled on foot, police said^2,3,5. One 17-year-old suffered a superficial wound believed to have been caused by the sword, and a second 17-year-old was not physically injured^2,3,4,5. The BBC said St Peter's High School and Willow Primary Academy were put into lockdown¹. An earlier police statement said the injured boy had been taken to hospital; a later appeal said that was not correct³.

Police described the suspects as white males: one in his late teens to early 20s, about 6 feet tall, of medium to large build and wearing white sliders, and the other about 5 feet 5 inches, of skinny build and wearing black clothing³. Armed officers searched the area with support from a drone unit and the National Police Air Service, Detective Inspector Sophie Dawkins said³. Neighbourhood officers were in the area to reassure parents there was not thought to be a wider threat, the force said³.

A 19-year-old from Gloucester was arrested overnight on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray^1,2,4,5. An 18-year-old from Gloucester was arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray^1,2,4,5. Manchester Evening News, Gloucestershire Live and The Independent said he handed himself in on Saturday morning^2,4,5. Police said they later stopped a vehicle and arrested a woman on suspicion of assisting an offender³. She was released on police bail pending further inquiries^2,4,5.

Dawkins said the force understood concern because the incident happened near a school at drop-off time³. Inquiries continue, and the force asked anyone with unused witness accounts or footage to contact Gloucestershire Police quoting reference 53260095808^2,3,4.