12:15 EDT, 24 May 2021
A young girl has been suspended after teachers found a knife in her school bag just weeks after a student was stabbed at another Sydney school.
Teachers at Kingswood South Primary School in Sydney s west found the pocket knife in the girls backpack after they were notified by students.
No one was hurt but the girl was suspended under the Department of Education s policy on knives.
Teachers at Kingswood South Primary School found the knife in the female student s backpack
The girl was suspended after a teacher found the pocket knife in her schoolbag (stock image) The student did not take the knife out of her bag and threaten others. No one was injured during this incident, a spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph.
Pictured: A kirpan, traditionally carried by baptised Sikhs
A legal loophole means students in several states are still allowed to bring knives to school, despite horrifying scenes in Sydney where a teenage boy was allegedly stabbed with a Sikh kirpan.
The New South Wales government banned kirpans from schools on Tuesday after a 14-year-old boy allegedly used a ceremonial dagger to stab a 16-year-old male student at Glenwood High School in Sydney s north-west on May 6.
According to the state s education department, the boy was allowed to carry it on school grounds because it was classified as a religious weapon - before the rules were reversed.
A 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed another male student, 16, twice in the stomach with the miniature sword called a kirpan at Glenwood High School in Sydney s north-west on May 6th
19:19 EDT, 17 May 2021
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A fiery debate has erupted on the Today show about whether children should be able to take religious weapons to school after a teenager was allegedly stabbed with a Sikh kirpan in Sydney.
The 14-year-old boy who allegedly used the knife was legally allowed to carry it on school grounds because it was classified a religious weapon by the education department.
The NSW Department of Education reacted on Tuesday morning by placing a ban on such weapons.
Under religious tradition, the curved knife must be carried by Sikhs at all times to remind them of their duty to uphold and defend the truth courageously .
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