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.

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

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