Norway school boy threatens staff with knife: police
Four members of staff at an Oslo primary school were
slightly hurt when a pupil threatened an employee with a knife, Norwegian
police said Tuesday.
Police sent several patrols to the school in the
Brynseng district after reports of "violence and a threatening
situation", the force said on Twitter.
A pupil at the school, which has students between
six and 13 years old, was threatening a staff member with a bread knife,
Norway's NTB news agency reported.
Police said they overpowered the boy, who was
described in Norwegian media reports as very young.
None of those hurt were stabbed with the knife, but
suffered bites or were stabbed with a fork by the boy, Verdens Gang newspaper
reported.
All were staff at the school, said police.
The incident reportedly happened after a
confrontation in the playground.
