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Student suspended for wooden knife

Updated: Thursday, 15 Nov 2012, 2:22 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 15 Nov 2012, 2:00 PM EST

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - A sixth grade student has been recommended for expulsion after a piece of wood carved as a knife was found in his backpack.

According to Suffolk Police, a student at John Yeates Middle School was in possession of a knife while traveling on a school bus Wednesday morning around 7:35 a.m. Police added the knife was recovered by the school’s principal and no students were threatened.

Bethanne Bradshaw with Suffolk Public Schools told WAVY.com the knife was actually a piece of wood carved as a knife with no metal blade. The student was suspended and has been recommended for expulsion passed on the school system’s weapons policy.

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