Terrifying moment boy, 12, stalks playground holding huge knife in front of classmates

A 12-year-old lad has been arrested aft a youngster was seen wielding a weapon successful a playground of a schoolhouse successful Stockport, Greater Manchester, connected Monday afternoon

This is the terrifying infinitesimal a lad was pictured wandering astir a school playground arsenic helium wielded a immense knife.

The picture, taken from footage shared online, appears to amusement a kid with the limb astir the extremity of the schoolhouse time connected Monday. Police confirmed a 12-year-old lad was arrested successful Stockport, Greater Manchester, connected suspicion of battle and possession of a bladed article.

In the footage, pupils astatine Reddish Vale High successful Stockport tin beryllium heard asking "what you doing man?" and "why person you got a knife?" arsenic helium walks successful betwixt 2 males earlier starting to run. Parents person described the incidental arsenic "terrifying" and said they volition not beryllium sending their children to the schoolhouse until they "can beryllium reassured our children are safe".

But the assembly insists the "safety of pupils and teachers is [its] highest priority" arsenic the authorization works with Greater Manchester Police during the investigation.

One mum, whose lad is successful Year 7 astatine the school, said her lad called her from his afterschool nine to archer her pupils had been escorted to the theatre to hold until parents could get them connected Monday.

She told Manchester Evening News: "I won't beryllium sending my lad successful time and I don't cognize if I volition beryllium for the remainder of the week, oregon if I'll beryllium looking for a caller schoolhouse for him. It's perfectly terrifying."

Another mum, who shared the video of the incident, said the schoolhouse had asked her to region it, but she commented: "I haven't due to the fact that radical person got a close to cognize that their kids are harmless erstwhile they spell to schoolhouse and intelligibly they're not.

"I've told schoolhouse that I won't beryllium sending my girl to schoolhouse until I cognize what precautions person been enactment successful spot to support our children safe."

A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said "Officers were called to a schoolhouse connected Reddish Vale Road successful Stockport astatine astir 3:10pm this day (Monday 10 February 2025) pursuing reports of a idiosyncratic with a weapon connected the premises.

"Thankfully, nary 1 sustained immoderate superior injuries. A 12-year-old lad was arrested connected suspicion of battle and possession of a bladed article. He has been taken into constabulary custody."

A spokesperson for Stockport Borough Council said: "We are alert of the distressing incidental that took spot astatine Reddish Vale School earlier contiguous and we recognize the concerns being shared by parents, students, and the wider community.

"The constabulary were connected tract to woody with the incidental and marque the schoolhouse harmless and we are thankful nary 1 was harmed. We are moving intimately with the schoolhouse to enactment them and privation to reassure everyone that the information of pupils and teachers is our highest priority."