Mum 'appalled' as police take eight days to respond after son threatened with knife in school

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A mum has hit out at police for taking eight days to respond after her son was threatened with a knife in school.

Dr Zile Huma Ghauri's son, a pupil at The Manchester Grammar School, was threatened with a blade in a classroom on Friday, June 11.

Dr Ghauri, who has asked for her son not to be named, says she reported the incident to Greater Manchester Police on the same day. Read more:Police issue update after gunmen open fire on Salford house Yet the family only heard back from the force on Saturday, June 19.

Dr Ghauri, a GP in Longsight, believes that the force only responded after she called them out publicly on Twitter. "It's disgusting that it's