Primary school locked down after ‘knifeman’ attempted to ‘attack a parent on the playground’ as armed cops called

A superior schoolhouse was locked down and flooded with equipped constabulary this day aft a antheral equipped with a weapon tried to onslaught a genitor successful the playground.

Parents surrounded the Lilly Lane Primary School successful Manchester and "screamed" for their children who were locked wrong for astir 45 minutes.

It is understood the fishy attempted to onslaught a genitor during an altercation, earlier producing a weapon astatine astir 3pm astatine the schoolhouse connected Kenyon Lane successful the Failsworth area.

Pictures and videos showed constabulary vehicles arriving with bluish lights on, and scores of parents waiting extracurricular the locked schoolhouse gates.

One mum, who said her girl was locked indoors for 45 minutes, said: "My spouse had gone to prime my girl up from schoolhouse and helium was gone for ages.

"He came backmost saying they wouldn't fto her oregon the students retired and that the constabulary were there."

"I got determination and determination were equipped constabulary and everything.

"The gates were locked, the schoolhouse was connected lockdown and they weren't letting anyone successful oregon out."

A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: "Officers were called to reports of a antheral with a weapon astatine a superior schoolhouse connected Kenyon Lane in Moston at astir 3pm this day (Thursday 22 January 2025).

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"Armed officers rapidly attended the schoolhouse and arsenic a precaution, the schoolhouse was enactment into lockdown. Thankfully, nary 1 was injured A 20-year-old antheral was arrested connected suspicion of attempted assault. Enquiries into the incidental stay ongoing."

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