Shocking footage of a student pulled a large kitchen knife on a younger boy during a savage assault has emerged online.
The disturbing incident occurred in the boys’ toilets at Chifley College’s Bidwill campus in Sydney’s west on February 6.
The footage showed the the boy, 13, being punched in the face and shoved against a wall by a 15-year-old.
The older student then took out a large kitchen knife and held it towards the visibly frightened boy.
The violent attack continued when two other male students joined in by repeatedly punching and kicking the younger boy.
It didn’t appear the boy was stabbed in the vicious attack.
NSW Police confirmed charges were later laid.
‘Police were told a 13-year-old boy was threatened and assaulted by three teenage boys at the school on February 6,’ a spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.
A shocking video of the moment a student pulled a knife on a classmate at Chifley College’s Bidwill campus has been posted on social media (an image from the video is pictured)
‘During the assault, a knife was produced.’
Police attended a Bidwill home where a boy, 15, was arrested.
He was charged with armed with intent to commit indictable offence, stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm, common assault and use knife in school-causing person to fear for safety.
The boy appeared at a children’s court on February 26.
Police said the matter has since been finalised.
It’s believed the boy is no longer in the public education system, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Other students involved in the incident were not charged, but were suspended from school.
This also included spectators who didn’t participate in the attack.
It’s understood a bullying seminar was held at the Bidwill campus shortly after the incident.
The student was punched in the face and shoved against a wall, before the assailant took out a large kitchen knife and held it towards the visibly frightened boy
The young boy was offered counselling and has since transferred to another Chifley College campus.
NSW deputy premier and education minister Prue Car labelled the video as ‘horrifying’.
‘(This) should not occur anywhere – let alone in our schools, where all children should feel safe,’ she told the publication.
‘NSW schools have zero tolerance for violent behaviour, and I understand the school took swift action in response to this incident.’
A NSW Department of Education spokesperson added: ‘All incidents are treated seriously and investigated, including by the police, with support offered to impacted students or staff,’ the spokesperson said.
A second terrifying incident involving a knife took place at another Chifley College campus three months later.
The disturbing incident occurred in the boy’s toilets at Chifley College Bidwill campus (pictured) on February 6
The nearby Dunheved campus was put into lockdown when a student arrived armed with a knife on May 9.
A teacher was injured while trying to take the knife from the student.
That same month, the NSW government introduced legislation to give police powers to use handheld scanners, or “wands”, to detect knives without warrants in designated areas such as on public transport or in shopping centres.
The reforms were inspired by Queensland’s Jack’s Law, which was brought in after Jack Beasley, 17, was stabbed and killed on a night out.
