A 14-year-old boy, allegedly armed with a knife and a screwdriver, has been charged after an incident forced a lockdown at a high school in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Police alleged the boy, a student at Halls Creek District High School, armed himself with the weapons and walked through the school on Monday.
The school was placed on lockdown and no one was injured.
Police said when officers arrived, the boy disarmed himself.
He was arrested and charged with breaking and entering and committing acts in a place, stealing, being armed in a manner likely to cause fear and threatening to kill.
The boy will appear in Halls Creek Children’s Court in June.
Police alleged the boy, a student at Halls Creek District High School, armed himself with the weapons and walked through the school on Monday.
