A new report from data gathered by the Press Association from United Kingdom schools has revealed that no lesser than 1,000 school children have been caught with weapons like knives over the last year.
The weapons recorded by the retrieved data included knives, knuckle dusters, a hammer, and a Taser.
The children captured by the report included a child of four years old. A 14-year-old was also found in possession of a sword.
British education leaders reacted by branding the revelation “grim but unsurprising”.
Figures from 29 police forces in England and Wales showed there were at least 1,072 incidents in 2018 to April 2019 up from 831 in the previous 12 months.
Between April and August 2019, there were a further 311.
Putting into consideration that some notable forces such as the Metropolitan Police in the country have not released their data the obtained figure is presumed would be higher.
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Source: Vanguard Newspaper
