NO-ONE was attacked or even threatened by the nine-year-old boy found to be hiding a knife at a Birmingham primary school.
But the very fact that he was carrying a blade will fill every right-thinking person with alarm.
This incident illustrates how readily available knives are and should set us wondering how many youngsters are carrying them undiscovered.
Last year the Birmingham Mail joined forces with West Midlands Police to launch the One Knife One Life Campaign, aimed at tackling the menace.
Let today's story increase our resolve to stamp out this threat through education and detection.