Responding officers found the boy armed with two knives and a hammer, the police said.

Here is meat for television's love of uncomplicated drama - boys armed only with stones against an army.

The junior house was run by the prefects, big boys armed with whippy bamboo canes.

He saw tired warriors; wounded men who could barely carry a sword, teenage boys and girls armed with pitchforks and other improvised weapons.

A second image followed hard on its heels; a squirrel-toothed boy, armed with a stolen butcher knife and a bright-eyed belief in the glories of war.

There is nothing like a leak in the dishwasher or a surprise attack by a boy armed with "Babar the Elephant" to derail a train of thought.

In March 1998, two boys armed with high-powered rifles killed a teacher and four little girls at a school in Jonesboro, Ark.

Around him, a gaggle of boys armed with tree branches skirmished to snatch a stray kite.

Several months ago, a gang of boys armed with sticks took her by surprise while she was smoking crack.

A small boy armed with a stick tried to beat off two hungry-looking dogs which sniffed suspiciously at the dead beggar's bloody feet.