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Liam Buckler

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Sikh student handcuffed by police for carrying his ceremonial knife on campus - What They Never Told You

A university has been forced to apologise after handcuffing a Sikh student for having a ceremonial knife.

Police were called to the University of North Carolina in Charlotte and placed a student in handcuffs following a 911 call.

But after speaking to the student they soon removed the handcuffs as the knife was in fact a kirpan - an article of faith in Sikhism.

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