Boy, 11, is arrested on suspicion of assault after 'group of antisocial youths sprayed liquid over customers' in quiet Kent village

Police investigating a 'feral' radical of children accused of terrorising a sleepy colony successful Kent person arrested an 11-year-old schoolboy. 

Locals surviving successful the assemblage of Hoo accidental they person been besieged by youths, who person allegedly threatened to onslaught concern owners with acerb and integrative knives.  

One newsagents claimed it receives regular threats of unit from yobs - with the choler exploding erstwhile unit inquire to spot their IDs erstwhile they effort to bargain cigarettes and vapes.

The mayhem has near pensioners excessively terrified to task retired astatine night, with immoderate fearing they volition beryllium jumped by the school-aged delinquents erstwhile the prima goes down.

Fed-up locals person been demanding enactment from Kent Police to tackle the spate of alleged anti-social behaviour. 

Today, the unit said it had arrested a lad aft scouring done CCTV and speaking to witnesses aft a radical of children entered the newsagents and allegedly threw a liquid from a bottle. 

The alleged incidental took spot connected Saturday, April 12, soon earlier 5pm.  

The youngster, from Chatham, had attended a constabulary presumption with his genitor for a voluntary interrogation earlier his arrest. He has since been released connected bail. 

Inspector Paul Diddams of Medway's Community Safety Unit said: 'While we proceed to analyse caller reports of disorderly behaviour successful Hoo, we person taken steps to code the issues that person been raised and our neighbourhood officers stay focused connected ensuring a swift and effectual effect to support the public.

'Anyone experiencing antisocial behaviour should study it arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and via the due channels, truthful that the measures taken are robust and proportionate.'

Kent Police has upped patrols successful the country with information cameras besides being installed arsenic portion of a clampdown connected antisocial behaviour.

MailOnline revealed past week how gangs of youths are besides moving amok astatine different parade of shops conscionable fractional a mile away.

They person been accused of stealing from convenience stores and warring successful the streets precocious astatine night.

And 3 months agone 1 peculiarly convulsive incidental reportedly saw a teen slashed successful the look with a brace of scissors.

Police were called to the Premier Express store connected the Knights Road parade of shops astatine astir 11.30pm connected Monday, February 3.

The lad was taken to infirmary with facial injuries but was discharged a abbreviated portion later.

A 26-year-old antheral was arrested connected suspicion of battle and an probe is continuing.

The parade of shops has 2 convenience stores, a hairdressers, a pharmacy, ceremonial parlour, a Chinese takeaway and a kebab shop.

A parent of two, who lives adjacent and lone gave her sanction arsenic 'Jan' for fearfulness of being targeted by the yobs said: 'There are issues each the clip with youngsters moving amok.

'Some of them are lone 14 years aged yet they tin beryllium retired successful the streets until astir midnight.

'They are a symptom successful the a*** a batch of the time, shouting, swearing, stealing from the country store and riding their bikes dangerously successful the road.'