A 15-year-old student has been tasered and taken into custody after allegedly leaving a classroom armed with a knife at North Sydney Boys High School on Thursday afternoon.
Police were called to the Falcon Street campus about 12.40 pm following reports that a student was carrying a knife.
A NSW Police spokesperson said,
“Officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command attended and were told an altercation had occurred between two students in a classroom, before one of the students left in possession of a knife.”
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The school was placed in lockdown while officers searched for the teenager. He was later located and tasered by police before being taken into custody and transported to the hospital.
The lockdown was lifted just after 1.30 pm.
A NSW Department of Education spokesperson confirmed the lockdown was implemented “as a precaution.”
They added that,
“All students and staff are safe, and students resumed classes after 1.30 pm.”
Police said inquiries into the incident are continuing.
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