Scots school violence epidemic laid bare as guns, knives and razor blades seized from kids

Scottish Sun

01-07-2025

It comes amid a shocking rise in violence amongst youngsters
CLASS WARS Scots school violence epidemic laid bare as guns, knives and razor blades seized from kids
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WEAPONS including guns and razor blades have been seized from kids in schools, it has emerged.
Pupils in Aberdeen have been caught with more than 40 potentially deadly items on their person, including knives, BB guns, and multi-tools.
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Amen Teklay was found with fatal injuries on Clarendon Street, Glasgow
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Kayden Moy died following reports of a disturbance at a beach in Ayrshire
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Scots schoolboy Kory McCrimmon was brutally stabbed to death in Glasgow
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The alarming new figures come amid concerns about a rise in school violence and weapons seizures across Scotland.
They were recorded since the start of 2024 and also show that 24 of the 43 confiscations took place at primary schools, with a butterfly training knife, pocket knife and a Stanley knife among the weapons found.
And around half of all items seized involved knives, with lunch hall cutlery, scissors, corkscrew, sharpened sticks, nitrous oxide cannister, potato peeler, bottle opener, and a razor blade also discovered.
In April, a 12-year-old girl was injured in an alleged knife attack at Aberdeen's Hazlehead Academy.
The child was rushed to hospital for treatment and a 14-year-old girl was later charged.
Knife crime has allegedly been linked to the recent deaths of schoolboy Amen Teklay, 15, East Kilbride lad Kayden Moy, 16, and Kory McCrimmon, 16, who was fatally stabbed in a Glasgow park.
Last month, Parents Against Knives, founded by Kory's heartbroken family, led a march against blade violence.
Despite horrendous conditions, Kory's family were undeterred in sending a message to Scotland's justice minister - and called for hope to be returned to the streets.
The heavens opened as their Parents Against Knives procession kicked off after the youngster's dad Neil, 57, and mum Elizabeth, 44, were greeted by Rangers legend Mark Hateley at Ibrox before walking four miles to Celtic Park.
The couple released a blue love-heart balloon with the words, 'love mum and dad' into the sky .
They then unfurled a large banner emblazoned with their darling boy's picture and the words 'Parents Against Knives, Save Our Children'.
The marchers carried on through the sodden streets to Celtic's ground, which sits right next to their home in the Barrowfield area of the city.
Scottish Tory shadow justice secretary and North East MSP, Liam Kerr, said: 'The high number of weapons being brought into schools across Aberdeen is frightening.
'These appalling figures highlight the epidemic of violence in schools – and the woeful level of government support being given to tackle this weapon-carrying culture.'
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Parents Against Knives walk from the Ibrox stadium to Parkhead in Glasgow
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