Boy, 15, arrested after schoolgirl 'sprayed with bleach' at bus station

A boy aged 15 has been arrested after claims a schoolgirl was sprayed with bleach as she waited at a bus station in Liverpool.

One schoolgirl said she's 'terrified' to make her own way into school as a result, claiming her friend was 'attacked' with the substance after school.

The parent of a pupil in Lord Derby Academy, on Seel Road, Huyton, said a gang of teenage boys had been targeting schoolchildren. Police confirmed that, at around 3.10pm on Monday, July 10, they were called to reports of a gang of teenagers on bikes spraying children.

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They also confirmed they were called to an incident at 8.15am, on Cavendish Walk, after a girl was sprayed by a gang of teens on bikes, reports The Echo. She was taken to hospital as a precaution. A 15-year-old boy, from Huyton, has since been arrested on suspicion of assault and was taken to hospital for further assessment. He has since been released on conditional bail.

A parent of a child in the school said her daughter is now “terrified” to go to school after her friend had “bleach” thrown over her. They said she was waiting for her daughter to come out of school but she was late because school staff had kept the gates closed while police dealt with the incident.

They said: "She was out later as the school kept the gates closed for a bit as four or five boys on bikes were in the alley next to the school. When they then opened the gate the kids all started to walk down the alleyway and the boys on bikes started throwing bleach.

"My daughter told me one swore at her and told her he would hurt her if she didn’t move. Later on that evening my daughter's friend's mum told me her daughter