False Alarm at Waseley Hills High: Scissors Not a Knife

0:00On March 23, a scare at Waisley Hills High School in Rubery turned out to be nothing serious after police cleared up a false report of a man with a knife. Around 7.15 a.m. on Monday, March 23, someone called in about a suspicious person heading toward the schoolgrounds. The school shut down right away and emailed parents about an ongoing incident, asking everyone to stay clear until more info came in. He was quickly found the man and learned he was just a construction worker who had picked up a pair of scissors lying outside the building. No threat was ever there, and with everything sorted, the school got back to normal while rumors on social media faded fast.