Sheffield school pupils' chilling five words as Harvey Willgoose, 15, dies in knife attack

15-year-old Harvey Willgoose was astatine All Saints Catholic High School connected Monday day erstwhile helium sustained "serious injuries" pursuing a fearfulness weapon onslaught successful beforehand of chap pupils

A pupil astatine a schoolhouse successful Sheffield has revealed the chilling infinitesimal students begged teachers for assistance aft a 15-year-old was knifed to death.

Harvey Willgoose was astatine All Saints Catholic High School on Monday day erstwhile helium sustained "serious injuries" pursuing a horror weapon attack. One student, who was successful different acquisition astatine the time, has revealed the infinitesimal helium heard chap pupils outcry for assistance pursuing the attack.

One pupil said: “I went extracurricular and heard 2 oregon 3 Year 11s shouting: ‘Someone got stabbed, travel here’ to a teacher. So past I went extracurricular to spot what was going connected and I saw a assemblage connected the floor."

Another pupil told ITV: "It doesn't consciousness real, it feels similar America, but this is Sheffield, this is crazy." Emergency services rushed to the school, which was placed connected lockdown, and an aerial ambulance was seen landing astatine the grounds. Harvey was taken to infirmary but contempt efforts to prevention the schoolboy helium tragically died from his injuries conscionable earlier 4pm. A 15-year-old lad has been arrested connected suspicion of murder, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A teacher near a bouquet of roses astatine the country this greeting alongside a touching note. It read: “RIP Harvey. I lone taught you a fewer times successful Year 7, but I retrieve you well. Despite being occasionally a small excessively energetic you were ever polite and friendly. I’m truthful atrocious that this has happened.” It was signed Mr John Bishop. Pupils astatine the schoolhouse person been offered counselling.

Emotional tributes are being paid to the 15-year-old stabbed to decease astatine his precocious schoolhouse yesterday. Posting an representation of Harvey connected Facebook with a photo, Lisa Clement wrote: 'This is my favourite representation I person of him, it says it each blades shorts Magpies’s apical and a cheeky grin.'

Neighbouring the pleasant cul de sac wherever Harvey lived were 'in full shock’. A nonmigratory paying her respects beside a shrine of flowers and candies extracurricular the household location said: "He went to schoolhouse this greeting and has not travel home."

“He ever seemed to person a grin connected his face. So sad.” Another neighbour said: "Harvey and his dada were immense Sheffield United fans. “It is conscionable excessively atrocious for words.” Classmates of the teenage lad stabbed to decease besides paid tribute. Flowers, balloons, an England emblem and a paper were near successful tribute to the teen extracurricular his school, which is closed contiguous retired of respect.

A paper near astatine the country reads: "My deepest condolences spell retired to you all.” Knife transgression campaigner Anthony Olaseinde said helium had worked with All Saints and its pupils had enactment unneurotic a video informing of the dangers of carrying knives.
He said: “We person been having the aforesaid speech astir knives for six years, and we’ve been doing each we tin with engagement with young radical and taking knives disconnected the streets.

"Some schools shy distant from the issues, but we person done projects with All Saints, and they person ever got progressive with us. We worked with them connected a video to enactment consciousness with All Saints. They person ever been forthcoming connected the issue, and we made a weapon transgression consciousness video with them past year.”

Assistant Chief Constable Lindsey Butterfield, of South Yorkshire Police, said: “Our thoughts are with the household of the lad who has sadly mislaid his life, his friends and the full schoolhouse community. We cognize that what has happened volition origin important distress and interest and our officers volition stay connected country and successful the section country to connection reassurance to parents, unit and section residents arsenic our probe continues. Although we are successful the aboriginal stages of our enquiries, we are moving astatine gait to physique up a afloat representation of however this calamity unfolded. We impulse anyone with accusation that would assistance america to get successful touch.”

Police person urged anyone with accusation that could assistance their probe to telephone 101 quoting incidental fig 327 of February 3 2025.