A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in Lowestoft over reports he threatened a teenage girl with a knife.

Police were called to reports of a male pointing a Stanley knife at a 15-year-old girl on El Alamein Road at around 7.30pm.

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The boy was arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife, a public order offence and criminal damage. No one was injured during the incident. 

He was then taken to Great Yarmouth Police Investigation Centre to be questioned.