A woman has been sectioned under the mental health act after allegedly lunging at a woman leaving a mosque with a pair of scissors in Liverpool.
Police responded to reports that a 44-year-old was threatening people leaving the Abdullah Qualiam Mosque at around 2pm on Saturday.
The victim, threw her bag at the suspect, and managed to get away on foot.
The suspect snatched an item from the bag, Merseyside Police said.
The lady was not struck with the implement.
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It was also reported by a group of girls aged, 11, 12 and 14, that a woman had threatened them with a pair of scissors in the area nearby the same afternoon.
A police officer detained and arrested a 44-year-old woman from Liverpool on suspicion of robbery.
She has now been bailed and detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act.
A 34-year-old, who did not want to be named, told the Liverpool Echo: ‘When I got to my class, it was a women’s journaling workshop, my teacher was shaking. She apologized and said “I’m really sorry, I need a moment to compose myself.”
‘She told us she had been teaching young girls all morning and when they had gone home, three girls ran back into the mosque screaming, saying a woman had chased them with scissors all the way back here.’
‘When I got there and heard what had just happened I couldn’t help but feel worried and when the class finished I just didn’t know what to do or how I was going to get home safely.
‘I started frantically phoning around people to find away home, I felt so uncomfortable and worried. I didn’t even want to phone for an Uber because I was scared about who would turn up.’