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Schoolboy arrested after pricking fellow pupils with an infected needle

Wolverhampton, England: An 11-year-old schoolboy has been arrested after reports children were jabbed with a diabetes finger-prick pen by a fellow pupil.

Officers said parents of three youngsters at Moreton Community School in Wolverhampton had contacted them on Monday, and detectives have now identified at least 20 children who are thought to have been jabbed with the pen.

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