Schoolgirl, 13, who tried to kill teachers was fascinated with Hitler and weapons

A girl who tried to kill two teachers and a fellow pupil at her school was interested in Adolf Hitler and was considered for referral to the anti-terror programme Prevent before the stabbings, a report has revealed.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, armed herself with her father’s multitool before attacking teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, and a pupil, at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on April 24 last year.

Following the attack, she told police officers: ‘That’s one way to be a celebrity.’

It has now emerged that the girl, then 13, was interested in the Nazi dictator, claimed to speak German and Russian, and was fascinated with weapons.

A referral to the Government’s anti-terror scheme was discussed after she was found with a knife at school b