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Blundell's: Pupil who carried out Devon school hammer attack named

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Thomas Wei Huang , 17 , from Malaysia , was detained for life to serve a minimum term of 12 years .

He attacked two roommates and housemaster Henry Roffe-Silvester with a hammer at Blundell's School in Tiverton , Devon .

Huang , who claimed he was sleepwalking during the attack, was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder at Exeter Crown Court .

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