QLD: Police use capsicum spray on armed boy

By EducationHQ News Team
Published October 27, 2011

Knife BRISBANE - Police used capsicum spray to subdue a 13-year-old boy who allegedly threatened school staff with a knife on the ...

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QLD: Police use capsicum spray on armed boy

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