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Six-year-old pulls knife on two girls in 'cat' fight

Published: 2 May 12 06:40 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/40576/20120502/

Police in central Sweden were called in when a knife-wielding six-year-old began threatening two girls in a street fight on Tuesday evening.


“It’s a little disturbing that a six-year-old is walking around with a knife,” said Jerry Nyberg of the Lidköping police to the Aftonbladet newspaper.

The police were called to a busy street in the centre of the city of Skara, central Sweden, on Tuesday upon hearing that the six-year-old boy had pulled a knife on two other children, wrote the paper.

The incident was sparked when the boy got hold of the girls’ cat and threw it to the ground, which kicked off a verbal argument amongst the group.

It is then alleged that the boy began hitting one of the girls, before producing a knife, wrote the paper.

The two girls, who are both aged 12, then managed to flee the scene, alerting one of their mothers who promptly called the police.

While the boy managed to escape from the scene of the crime, he was eventually identified by the girls.

However the police do not intend to act upon the tip about the knife-wielding six-year-old.

“We’re not going to make something out of this, but we’ll pass it over to the social services,” Nyberg told Aftonbladet.

“It’s startling that six-year-olds can go round with knives, but this case is really about childish foolishness."

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07:59 May 2, 2012 by Snoopy!
" but this case is really about childish foolishness," he said"

Nyberg your a pillock ! a 6 year old doesn't get this into his head by himself.

The question should be asked about what sought of scum bag parents he has? & the family environment he is within
09:58 May 2, 2012 by karex
Would they still not make anything out of this if he had seriously injured or killed one of the girls? The andswer, sadly, is probably yes.
10:39 May 2, 2012 by entry
What the heck. There is a six year old child running around late at night on the streets with his pack of 'friends' torturing animals and pulling a knife out on older children who recognize this behavior to be improper.

PSA: It is 2200 do you know where your spawn of SATAN six year old knife wielding child is?
11:13 May 2, 2012 by gpafledthis
two 12yr girls vs 6yr boy ??? Pussys !!!!
12:14 May 2, 2012 by Reason abd Realism
Make his parents pay for an airport-style metal detector for the entrance of his school.
15:19 May 2, 2012 by Kublai
Send the whole family back to where they came from and if they happen to be swedish make them stateless and send them somewhere where violence is accepted, like Somalia for example.
16:21 May 2, 2012 by k2kats
I hope this child (and the people around him) get immediate help.
22:58 May 2, 2012 by Gustav Jung
Kublai - your racism is showing - and with a name like Kublai too!
03:02 May 6, 2012 by Britt-Marie7
The police say that they are not going to do anything? Unbelievable!

That is how it starts, torturing animals and then go on to people and maybe eventually to murder.

This kid needs some serious help before it is too late. And his parents too who let their kid run around with a knife. They should be held accountable for their kids actions. In the US there would be a lawsuit against the parent of the kid from the girls parents, and rightly so.
21:15 May 8, 2012 by cultura82
I sense that Sweden Gov is putting too much Spartans into his Athenians Country. Last time, didn't end so well.
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