Boy stabbed at school has died

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Oh my God! this is awful. A boy was stabbed today at a school just outside Aberdeen. Reports say he was only 15. Now twitter is saying he has died.

Cults academy.

The boy was charged with "being possession of an offensive weapon while on the grounds of a school" as well as being possession of a bladed weapon and murder. So I presume there already exists some law identifying school grounds as having special status in relation to weapons.

A knife does not count as either a weapon or a bladed article if it folds and is under 3 inches long, hence my concern about enforcement. The police get called and the lad simply says it's his penknife and is not for protection - police can't do a thing, all the school could do is exclude him.

Obviously it does count as a weapon if you intend to use it that way but that is almost impossible to prove unless you admit it or actually use it