A seven-year-old Muslim schoolboy of Pakistani-origin triggered a terror alert after he spoke about a new water pistol at his school in northern England. “When the police showed up, my son was scared they would take him away,” he told The Sunday Times. Police landed at their home in June 2017 after the unnamed child expressed his excitement at being bought a small water pistol to play with during school holidays. The school told the newspaper that its deputy lead for safeguarding was concerned when the boy “mentioned he had water pistols and then went on to say that his dad has guns”. The school denied “racially discriminating”, saying it takes “safeguarding of all pupils very seriously”.

Source: Hindustan Times February 11, 2018 12:11 UTC