Wallsend Library Shut for Day Amid 'Heightened Violence and Threatening Attacks'

Wallsend Library shut for day amid 'heightened violence and threatening attacks'

Staff and community safety is the priority after a spate of police reports, Newcastle City Council says.

Anti-social behaviour forces closure of Wallsend Library  - Australian Seniors News

City of Newcastle Council says it has been forced to close Wallsend Library today in the wake of heightened violence and threatening attacks towards staff and the general public.  In a statement, the Council says Police have been called repeatedly during the past week following increased anti-social behaviour at the library, which has seen staff attacked with items, a security guard spat on, youths carrying knives in the street and people forcin…