Ohio schoolboy is chased by a man wearing a clown mask armed with a knife after a spate of reports of a person dressed as a clown trying to lure children into South Carolina woods 

  • Boy was on his way to a bus stop around 6.15am on Tuesday when he says a person wearing all black and a clown mask chased him with a knife
  • He told police he was able to get away by throwing a rock at him
  • When he arrived to  North International School he immediately reported the incident to staff members who called police
  • Columbus police plan to have extra units patrol the neighborhood  
  • Latest incident involving a clown comes as police in South Carolina investigate reports of a clown trying to lure children into the woods 

By Regina F. Graham For Dailymail.com

Published: 08:19 EST, 2 September 2016 | Updated: 12:13 EST, 2 September 2016

A 14-year-old boy on his way to school in Ohio was chased by a person wearing a clown mask with a knife, police say.

The frightened student was heading to a bus stop near Sandalwood Place in Columbus when the incident happened around 6.15am on Tuesday, WCMH reported.

He told authorities that the person was dressed in all black with a clown mask on. 

The teen said that he was able to get away safely by throwing a rock at the person.

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A 14-year-old boy on his way to school in Columbus, Ohio was chased by a person in a clown mask with a knife on Tuesday around 6.30am, police say. Above the area where the incident happened is pictured

A 14-year-old boy on his way to school in Columbus, Ohio was chased by a person in a clown mask with a knife on Tuesday around 6.30am, police say. Above the area where the incident happened is pictured

When the boy arrived to North International School he immediately reported the incident to staff members.  

No one has been arrested as of Friday morning, but police are on high alert and taking the potential threat to children in the area very 'seriously.'

'We don't expect it during the early morning hours when people are going to work or school, so is there a concern there, yeah,' Sgt. Rich Weiner with Columbus Police told WCMH.

'We will have units in the area patrolling to make sure that this does not occur again.'

Sgt. Rich Weiner (above) with Columbus Police said they are taking the potential threat to children in the area very 'seriously' and are patrolling the area more

Sgt. Rich Weiner (above) with Columbus Police said they are taking the potential threat to children in the area very 'seriously' and are patrolling the area more

Parents in the neighborhood said they were concerned about the incident and their children's safety.

'(I'm) very concerned because one of them plays Pokemon a lot on his phone, so I told him 'you have to be more aware now,' mother of four Tasha Jones said of her children.

The latest incident involving a clown comes as police in South Carolina investigate reports of a clown trying to lure children into the woods. 

No arrests have been made in that incident either.  

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