Philipsburg:---On Friday September 4th two patrols of the Zero-Tolerance Team were sent to the Prins Willem Alexander School in Sint Peters where an eleven year old student from that school was caught with a large butcher knife in his bag. At the school, police officer spoke to the principal of that school who stated to the officers that she had received information that the student in question was in possession of the knife and when she searched his bag the knife was found.
The student has been identified with initials R.M. stated to the officers that he along with another student with initials J.W. also 11 years old intended to stab a female student attending the Sint Peters Christian Hill Side School with whom for some time now he has problems. Both students were taken to the Philipsburg Police Station and their parents were called to the station. The knife was confiscated for further investigation. The case was handed over to the detectives of the Juvenile Division who will continue the investigation.
