Two people arrested after teenager injured in Gloucester sword incident

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly center (67%).

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Police said two people were arrested after a 17-year-old boy was injured in a suspected sword attack in Tuffley, Gloucester, on Friday. Officers said two males, one carrying a sword, had chased two boys before fleeing on foot, and that the victim suffered a superficial wound believed to have been caused by the sword. Two schools, including St Peter’s high school, were locked down while armed officers searched the area. The Guardian reports a 19-year-old was arrested overnight and an 18-year-old handed himself in on Saturday, while Sky News describes the arrested pair as teenagers.

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Police said a boy was injured in an incident involving a sword in Tuffley, Gloucester, on Friday.
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The Guardian
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Sky News, BBC News
Police said two males, one with a sword, had chased two boys before fleeing on foot.
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The Guardian
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BBC News
Two schools, including St Peter’s high school, were locked down while armed officers searched the area.
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The Guardian
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BBC News
Police have arrested two people in connection with the incident.
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The Guardian
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Sky News, BBC News
The Guardian reports the two arrested men are from Gloucester and remain in police custody for questioning.
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A woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender was released on police bail.
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The Guardian
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BBC News

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Were both people arrested teenagers?
Sky News reports two teenagers were arrested. The Guardian reports a 19-year-old and an 18-year-old were arrested, and BBC headlines say two men were arrested.

How each side tells it

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Every side present reports a sword incident in Tuffley, Gloucester, that injured a boy and led to two arrests. The Guardian, the only left report, stresses the arrests and lockdown; the centre outlets stress the sword chase and police statements.

the left
1 outlet
The only left-side coverage is one Guardian report, which leads with the arrests and calls it a sword attack, with text adding the school lockdown and the police statement.
Two men arrested after boy injured in Gloucester sword attack
The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
2 outlets
Centre headlines split between the chase, as Sky puts it, and the arrests and injured boy, as the BBC does, with its Thursday headline focusing on the lockdown.
Two teenagers arrested after boys chased with sword in Gloucester
Sky NewsCenterAll center headlines
the right
No coverage yet
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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

arrests of two men
school lockdown near St Peter’s
suspected sword attack near a Catholic school

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The GuardianLeft
Two men arrested after boy injured in Gloucester sword attack
Armed police attended the scene, which led to two nearby schools going into lockdown on Friday Two teenagers have been arrested after a 17-year-old was injured in a suspected sword attack near a Catholic school in Gloucester. …
5 hr agoRead at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

two arrests
boys chased with a sword
school lockdown and armed police
police statements

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Sky NewsCenter
Two teenagers arrested after boys chased with sword in Gloucester
Two teenagers have been arrested after a boy was attacked with a sword in Tuffley, police said.
3 hr agoRead at Sky News (opens in a new tab)
BBC NewsCenter
Two men arrested after boy injured in sword attack
Police say a 17-year-old suffered a wound "believed to have been caused by a sword" in Gloucester on Friday.
7 hr agoRead at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
1 more from BBC News
- Schools in lockdown and boy in hospital

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0 outlets

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

Left
1 day later
Its first report, Nov 7, 7:32 AM EST
Center
First to report
BBC News, Nov 6, 6:43 AM EST
Right
No report yet
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BBC NewsCenterNov 6, 6:43 AM EST
The GuardianLeftNov 7, 7:32 AM EST
Sky NewsCenterNov 7, 9:14 AM EST

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Two people arrested after teenager injured in Gloucester sword incident

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From the left

Two men arrested after boy injured in Gloucester sword attack

From the center

Two teenagers arrested after boys chased with sword in Gloucester

Two men arrested after boy injured in sword attack

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