Belfast councillor hits out after child found playing with sword

Orlaith Clinton

18 September 2024 at 0:14 pm·1-min read

The sword — -Credit: (Image: Cllr Micheal Donnelly)

A Belfast councillor has hit out at a "mind boggling" situation which saw a child playing with a sword they thought was a toy.

Sinn Féin councillor Micheal Donnelly praised a local parent in the Upper Springfield area of West Belfast for raising the alarm. He said what could have happened "doesn't bear thinking about".

He said: "I want to thank the concerned parent from the Upper Springfield area who reached out after finding her child with this sword.

"The innocence of children thought it was a toy and were playing with it only for the parent to realise it was a real sword.

"What could have happened doesn’t bear thinking about.

"How this ended up in a built up residential street is mind boggling. Thank god nobody was hurt."

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