Full Analysis Summary
Milford Haven school attack
A 15-year-old pupil has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was attacked at Milford Haven Comprehensive School in Pembrokeshire.
Officers were called at about 3:20pm and multiple outlets report the pupil was seen brandishing a weapon; the suspect is in police custody while officers remain at the school.
Authorities implemented a lockdown that has since been lifted, and officials say pupils are safe and most have gone home.
The teacher was injured and is receiving medical treatment, with several sources specifically saying the injury is not a stab wound.
Coverage Differences
Date discrepancy / timeline
Most sources report the incident occurred on Thursday, 5 February (or ‘Thursday’) with police called at about 3:20pm, but Pembrokeshire Herald and The Sun’s snippets mention Tuesday / Tuesday afternoon (Feb 4) for the same event. This is a clear discrepancy in the reported day/date across sources rather than a difference in the basic facts (weapon, arrest, lockdown).
Medical status wording
Some outlets say the teacher is 'receiving medical treatment' (e.g., Sky, Daily Mail, GB News), while Express & Star states the teacher 'has been discharged from hospital' — a difference in how the teacher’s current medical status is reported.
School lockdown response
Police and school officials imposed a lockdown while securing the site and ensuring remaining pupils and staff stayed inside.
Many pupils had already gone home when the incident occurred during after-school activity time, and parents reported children being collected early.
Authorities confirmed a major response from Dyfed-Powys Police and said officers remained at the school while most pupils have returned home or been sent home.
Some outlets noted planned after-school events were cancelled and the school arranged closures the following day.
Coverage Differences
Emphasis on after-school activity disruption
Several outlets (Metro, Pembrokeshire Herald, GB News) emphasise that after-school activities were underway or that pupils were in clubs, with parents describing children being stuck in after‑school clubs; others focus more on the police presence and lockdown without parental detail (Daily Express, Sky).
Closure and school response details
Express & Star explicitly states 'The school will be closed on Friday,' while other sources mention lockdowns being lifted and pupils returning home but do not uniformly report a formal next‑day closure, which is a detail present in some local/regional reporting and absent in others.
School weapon incident
Reports are consistent that a pupil was seen brandishing a weapon.
Outlets vary in wording about the teacher’s injuries, describing them as not a stab wound or not believed to be stab wounds.
Police and local leaders are named in coverage, with Superintendent Chris Neve quoted by several outlets.
Dyfed‑Powys Police led the response, and the suspect remains in custody on suspicion of attempted murder while inquiries continue.
Coverage Differences
Wording on cause of injury
Outlets use slightly different phrasing: news.sky and Daily Mail say 'the injury was not a stab wound and the teacher is receiving medical treatment,' Pembrokeshire Herald says 'not believed to be stab wounds,' and The Sun gives a similar line but places the incident on a different day — small differences in certainty and phrasing but not in the core claim that it was not a stab wound.
Attribution to named officers/officials
Several outlets quote or name Superintendent Chris Neve and Dyfed‑Powys Police directly (Sky, Wales Online, Daily Express), whereas tabloid summaries emphasize the arrest and scene details with less direct attribution to the named superintendent in their snippets.
Media coverage reactions
Some regional outlets and tabloids include statements of condemnation and concern from political and union figures.
They often mention support being offered to the school community.
Express & Star and Metro quote Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan condemning the attack and report unions and MPs expressing shock.
Other wire-style reports focus mainly on the police timeline and safety assurances without including those quoted reactions.
Coverage Differences
Inclusion of political and union reaction
Express & Star and Metro include named reactions — 'Welsh First Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan condemned the attack' and NASUWT union expressions — while brief wire reports (Sky, GB News) prioritise incident facts and police statements and may not include those reactions in their snippets.
Omission or off-topic content
Some sources in the list (Great Driffield Radio footer) do not cover the incident at all and instead contain site subscription/contact information, which is an example of off‑topic or non‑reporting within the provided source set.
Coverage inconsistencies and facts
Across coverage there are consistent core facts: a pupil brandished a weapon.
A teacher was injured, though reports do not describe the injury as a stab wound.
A 15-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police secured the scene with a lockdown that was later lifted.
Notable variations appear in date reporting, in whether the teacher is described as discharged or still receiving treatment, and in which outlets include reactions or parental accounts.
Where accounts conflict or are ambiguous (for example about the day or date of the incident), the sources do not provide reconciled clarifications, so the discrepancy remains unresolved in the available reporting.
Coverage Differences
Core facts consistent vs peripheral discrepancies
While the central narrative (brandishing of a weapon, arrest, lockdown, teacher injured but not stab wound) is consistent across sources, peripheral details like the precise date (Feb 4 vs Feb 5 / Tuesday vs Thursday), whether the teacher was discharged, and whether the school announced a closure vary across sources.
Unresolved ambiguity in provided snippets
None of the provided snippets reconcile the date discrepancy or fully explain the differing medical-status wording; therefore the ambiguity remains and should be treated as such rather than assumed resolved.