Ammanford stabbing: Teacher suffered 'four deep stab wonunds ...

A special needs teacher who was injured in a stabbing at a Welsh secondary school suffered “four quite deep stab wounds”, her husband has said.

Liz Hopkins, 57, was taken to hospital after the attack at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on Wednesday.

Fellow teacher Fiona Elias was also injured, along with a pupil, in the chaos that erupted at the end of morning break.

Mrs Hopkins was airlifted to hospital following the attack, but she and the other victims have since been discharged.

Speaking to The Telegraph on Thursday, her husband John, who also works at the school, said it would take a “fair few weeks” for her to recover.

“She’s seriously hurt,” he said. “She’s recovering now, but it’s going to take quite a while.

“She’s very badly injured. Four quite deep stab wounds but they missed anything vital.

“It’s going to take a fair few weeks for the wounds to heal.”

Mr Hopkins added: “I work with her. It was quite frightening. I’d rather not go into it. She went off in the helicopter (to the hospital) and I drove there.

“At the time they thought it could be life threatening, but not once they did all the tests on her. I was worried.

“She’s very shaken, very concerned about the kids that were around and the other members of staff and children who were there.”

It came as the brother of the teacher who was first on the scene said he does not think of himself as a hero.

Darrel Campbell, the head of Year 11 and a former rugby player, put the suspect in an armlock until police arrived.

Cefin Campbell, a member of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) for Mid and West Wales, told BBC Radio Wales his brother worked at the school as a teacher and intervened in the incident.

Mr Campbell, also a former student of Amman Valley School, said: “He’s been a teacher there for 40 years and he was involved in the incident yesterday in the sense that he was the first to the scene and he obviously had to deal with a very distressing and chaotic situation.

“He probably did what most people would have done in the same situation, try to calm things and restrain people from making the situation worse. Obviously he’s been shaken by the whole experience, as of all the staff, pupils, parents and so on.”

A schoolgirl witness said: “Everyone was running and there were screams.

“Mr Campbell arrived on the scene and put her in an armlock.”

Pupils hid in toilets and cupboards as Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, went into lockdown for four hours.

All three victims have now been discharged from hospital, having been treated for knife injuries, Dyfed-Powys Police said.

On the school’s website James Durbridge, the head teacher, said: “Today has been a very difficult day. It goes without saying that my thoughts are with the three individuals and their families, who have been affected by today’s incident.

“We are proud to have witnessed pupils embodying the school’s core values while supporting their peers and staff.

“I wish to commend all staff and pupils for their calm and mature response during today’s lockdown.”

Mr Durbridge said the school’s 1,500 pupils could get “wellbeing support” if they were affected by what they saw in the playground.

A teenage girl remains in custody and officers will be at the school throughout the day as the CID-led investigation progresses.