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Police investigate assault at school in Tierp

Key Points
  • A younger student under 10 was assaulted by several older students at a school in Tierp.
  • The younger student's father, a man in his 40s, arrived and fought with a 16-year-old student, who was pushed against a wall.
  • Police filed two assault reports with the man and the 16-year-old as suspects, and no serious injuries were reported.

Police in Tierp, Sweden, responded to a report of a fight at a school on March 9. A student called police to report that a man was assaulting a child at the school. At the scene, it was found that a younger student under 10 years old had been subjected to some form of assault by several older students at the school.

Later, a man in his 40s, who is the father of the younger student, arrived at the location, and a fight broke out with one of the older students, who was reportedly pushed against a wall. After speaking with those involved at the scene, police filed two assault reports, with the man in his 40s and the older student, a 16-year-old boy, as suspects. None of the individuals sustained any serious injuries in connection with the incidents.

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