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Report as teenager sentenced for school stabbing

A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil while screaming "I'm going to kill you" has been sentenced to 15 years in detention.

Fiona Elias, Liz Hopkin and a pupil were treated in hospital with stab wounds after the attack at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, Carmarthenshire, last April.

BBC Wales journalist Meleri Williams reports from Swansea Crown Court.

Video edited by Erin Lister.

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