Blundells school hammer attack site 'so bloody it was worse than Iraq' says ex-service medic

Boarding schoolhouse pupil Thomas Wei Huang attacked 2 students arsenic they slept with hammers earlier turning connected his headmaster astatine the Blundell's School successful Tiverton, Devon

The bloody aftermath of a fearfulness hammer onslaught astatine a boarding schoolhouse was 'worse than an Iraq warzone', according to a erstwhile service paramedic who was astatine the scene.

Thomas Wei Huang, who turns 18 successful January, attacked 2 sleeping students and a teacher with hammers astatine Blundell's School successful Tiverton, Devon. Huang could not beryllium named owed to reporting restrictions imposed owed to his age, but restrictions person present been lifted by a judge.

The teen told the tribunal that helium was "excited" to survey astatine the fee-paying school, but had kept a hammer by his bedside to support himself arsenic helium feared a "zombie apocalypse". During his evidence, Huang told the jury: "I wanted to travel to England to survey successful a boarding school. I knew that I would person to unrecorded successful schoolhouse 7 days a week. I was excited to beryllium doing it."

The tribunal heard Huang's brother, who is 2 years older than him, had besides attended Blundell's. During half-term breaks the brothers would walk clip astatine the family's London location successful Battersea alternatively than returning to Malaysia. The suspect admitted helium had 2 mobile phones astatine school, due to the fact that 1 had to beryllium handed successful astatine nighttime and helium wanted to usage the different earlier going to sleep.

On the nighttime of the onslaught connected June 9 past year, Huang had equipped himself with 3 claw hammers and waited for the 2 boys to beryllium dormant earlier attacking them. The 2 pupils were dormant successful cabin-style beds successful 1 of the co-ed school's boarding houses erstwhile helium climbed up and attacked them soon earlier 1am.

Housemaster Henry Roffe-Silvester, who was dormant successful his ain quarters, was woken by noises coming from the boarding location and went to investigate. When helium entered the chamber wherever the onslaught had happened, helium saw a silhouetted fig lasting successful the room, who past turned towards him and repeatedly struck him implicit the caput with a hammer.

Another pupil heard Mr Roffe-Silvester shouting and swearing arsenic helium fled the chamber and dialled 999, believing determination was an intruder. The 2 boys were discovered successful their beds a fewer minutes later.
They had suffered skull fractures and injuries to their ribs, spleen, a punctured lung and interior bleeding.

One paramedic said the bloody scenes near down successful the dormitory were worse than those helium witnessed portion serving successful Iraq reports the MailOnline, and helium said: "I person served successful Iraq and had ne'er seen specified a country of carnage, with humor implicit the desks, implicit the walls and the beds."

The tribunal heard the 2 boys are surviving with the "long-term consequences" of the onslaught but person nary representation of the incident. One lad suffered imperishable encephalon damage. Mr Roffe-Silvester received six blows to his caput but made a afloat recovery.

Huang besides told the assemblage helium kept a hammer nether his pillow and different connected the broadside of his furniture adjacent to wherever helium stored snacks. When asked wherefore helium slept with these weapons adjacent to him, Huang replied: "For protection". He told the tribunal helium needed extortion from "the zombie apocalypse". Huang said helium had seen depictions of zombies successful films and tv shows specified arsenic The Walking Dead.

When asked if helium thought the apocalypse was real, helium said "Yes I do". He told jurors it would beryllium "the extremity of the world" and had told friends but believed they thought helium was joking. Huang described zombies arsenic "vicious creatures" and said helium required astatine slightest 2 weapons for extortion successful lawsuit the different was lost.

Huang described himself arsenic "scared and anxious" aft being arrested for attempted murder.
He said helium had antecedently lone been successful a constabulary presumption successful Malaysia erstwhile his begetter was accused of speeding. The tribunal heard that since the incidental astatine Blundell's School, Huang has been diagnosed with autism.

Giving evidence, helium insisted helium had not attempted to execution immoderate of those helium attacked connected June 9 past year. When asked astir however helium felt now, Huang replied: "I consciousness precise terribly atrocious for each 3 individuals due to the fact that of what I did to them. I consciousness precise atrocious for everyone, the families and themselves."

Huang was convicted of 3 counts of attempted execution connected June 21 pursuing a proceedings astatine Exeter Crown Court. Mrs Justice Cutts past period imposed a condemnation of detention for beingness with a minimum word of 12 years, though Huang could not beryllium named astatine the clip to let his defence squad to marque further ineligible applications relating to his anonymity.