Bourke: Police arrest 13-year-old boy after making threats at school with knife and allegedly starts a fire
A high school in regional NSW has been thrown into chaos after a teenage boy allegedly threatened another boy with a knife.
Police officers attached to central north police district were called to a high school at Bourke at about 11am on Monday and were told a student had allegedly threatened another boy with a knife. There were no injuries from the incident.
Soon after, at about 11:35am, police were called to Richard Street, Bourke, following reports of a fire.
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Police established a crime scene and commenced investigations into both incidents, with a 13-year-old boy arrested and taken to Bourke police station.
He has now been charged with five offences including:
- Use knife in school-causing person to fear for safety
- Armed with intent commit indictable offence
- Custody of knife in school
- Stalk/intimidate intend fear physical etc harm, and
- Damage property by fire/explosion.
He has been refused bail to appear before a children’s court on Tuesday.
