Pupil who carried out school hammer attack named

A schoolboy who attacked 2 students and a teacher with a hammer astatine a boarding schoolhouse successful Devon has been named aft a justice lifted an bid preventing his identification.

Thomas Wei Huang, 17, from Malaysia, was detained for beingness to service a minimum word of 12 years aft helium tried to termination 3 radical astatine Blundell's School successful Tiverton.

He attacked 2 roommates, aged 15 and 16 astatine the time, arsenic they slept during the aboriginal hours of 9 June 2023, leaving them with terrible injuries.

He besides attacked housemaster Henry Roffe-Silvester, who suffered six wounds to his head.

The teenager, who claimed helium was sleepwalking during the attack, was sentenced astatine Exeter Crown Court successful October aft being recovered blameworthy of 3 counts of attempted murder.

Huang tin beryllium identified aft a High Court justice lifted an bid preventing work of his name.

A assemblage heard Huang, who was aged 16 astatine the clip of the attack, utilized weapons helium had collected to hole for a zombie apocalypse.

Sentencing, Judge Mrs Justice Cutts said: "You knew the quality betwixt close and incorrect and you intended to termination those boys."