Nagle Catholic College, Geralton, West Australia: teacher tackles aggressive 16-year-old boy to the ground.
Geralton's Nagle Catholic College is in Western Australia's midwest.
A Nagle College teacher was patrolling the school oval during lunchtime on 9 November 2010.
The teacher noticed a 16-year-old boy acting aggressively.
He tackled the 16-year-old Geraldton boy to the ground.
The teacher then realised that the boy had a flick knife clenched in his fist.
The boy had been walking past the College when one of the students allegedly shouted insults at him.
He's taken offence to that and gone onto the school ground and approached the kid to belt him in the face, " Acting Sergeant Colin Main said today.
Teacher tackles boy, 16, armed with knife, AAP, Perth Now, 9 November 2010: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/teacher-tackles-boy-16-armed-with-knife/story-e6frg13u-1225951207605 Historical link preserved from the original page.
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