Prompt passing of details leads to quick arrest in school knife incident

Hamilton Police are commending the actions of staff at a City high school who tried to de-escalate and incident where a knife had been drawn and were quick minded enough to record the details of a fleeing vehicle.

City Tactical Coordinator, Senior Sergeant Greg Dunn, said Police were called to Fairfield College about 11.15am after reports a man had pulled out a knife during an altercation with some students.

"Our enquiries are still continuing but it appears the man's younger brother had run home after being threatened at school.

"From there the boy's brother and a woman had driven back to the college and the boy's older brother has gotten out of the car to confront students about his brother's plight."

A larger group have then converged on the car; feeling threatened the man told Police he pulled out a knife to get them to back off.

"At this stage school staff have become aware of what is going on and come out to calm things down, the man has got back into the car and it has driven off but staff were able to record it's registration number.

"With a Campus Cop located at the nearby intermediate, we were able to get officers there pretty quickly and the car's rego passed on. Officers went to a nearby Enderley address where the brothers gave themselves up."

The pair are currently being interviewed by Police and it is likely the 26-year-old older brother will face charges.