Police were called to a Highland school yesterday after a male pupil entered the building with a knife.
The pupil was in possession of a fishing knife and threatened pupils and staff with it.
The school in Inverness subsequently called police to deal with the incident.
Last night the police issued a statement, which said: “Following an incident on Tuesday, May 30, involving a child with a knife at
primary school in Inverness, Police Scotland can confirm that nobody was injured.
“Inverness community beat officers dealt with the incident and police are now working in partnership with parents and staff at the school and Highland Council over the next few days to provide reassurance to all the people involved.
“The child concerned has also been referred to the appropriate agencies.”
Children at the school were spoken to yesterday afternoon to reassure them they were safe at school and a letter was also sent home to parents outlining what had happened.
The letter read: “There was an incident in the school on May 30 involving a pupil which was reported to the police.
“A child was in possession of a bladed article which was removed as soon as we became aware of the matter.
“Due to the nature of the incident, we cannot comment further at this time or discuss the detail.
“Such incidents are rare, however the school takes such incidents extremely seriously and all the children have been spoken to this afternoon by the school management to reassure them that they are safe.” The letter was also posted on to a Facebook page for parents with children at the school.
Many parent expressed their shock at what had happened.
One claimed: “The school did a practice evacuation to show pupils what to do in case of an attack.”
One parent with a daughter and a son at the school, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “As a parent it is concerning. I don’t believe he did it with the intent to hurt anyone, but it is still deeply concerning.”
Highland Council was contacted last night, but did not respond.