Armed police search near Gloucester schools after boy hurt
Armed police were deployed to a school area in Gloucester, UK, following an altercation involving a sword that left a teenager injured. Two suspects remain at large, and local schools were placed under lockdown during the search.
Why it matters
The incident highlights public safety concerns and the impact of violent crime on local educational institutions.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Harriet Robinson , West of England and Esme Ashcroft , in Tuffley BBC Police were called to Chalford Road in Tuffley, Gloucester Police are hunting for two suspects, one of whom is believed to have been carrying a sword, following an altercation that left a teenager injured.
Armed police were called to the incident near St Peter's High School in Gloucester earlier. The school and Willow Primary Academy were put into lockdown while officers searched for the group who had fled the scene.
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remains in custody, but officers are still hunting for the two men who were reportedly chasing two boys.
Officers remain outside both schools, but all pupils have now been sent home.
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