Police at Muʻa Station said no charges would be laid against a man accused of making threats against students in a school in the area.
Police went to the school after they received a complaint this morning that a person was threatening the school children with what appeared to be a gun.
Police said the man was known to them. It is believed he has a medical condition that affects his behaviour. He was released without being charged.
Police rejected claims on social media the man carried a rifle when he went to the school.
“Nothing like that happened,” a source at the police station said.
“I only thought things like this happen in America, but it happened today in Tonga,” a Facebook user wrote about the incident.
“A guy ran away from the police station and went to the school today and started scaring the kids.”
Another Facebook commentator claimed the man had also gone to the school yesterday carrying a sledgehammer and was carrying a hammer today.
Kaniva News has been unable to verify these claims.
