Schools put on lockdown as students told to 'switch off phones' after 'bomb threat'

Police responded to a weaponry menace successful Farnborough, Hampshire. (Image: Getty)

Schools were enactment connected lockdown earlier contiguous with students told to "switch off" their phones aft reports of a weaponry threat, a section assemblage has said. 

Farnborough Sixth Form College said: "The College was placed into lockdown astatine astir 11.45am connected the proposal of the police.

"This was successful effect to a study from a subordinate of the public. The constabulary are onsite."

At 1pm, the assemblage said successful an update: "On the proposal of the Police, the Lockdown has been reinstated."

According to The Sun, Hampshire Constabulary said: "We were called astatine 11.35am to a study that a antheral successful the Farnborough country had made a weaponry menace against a school.

"Local schools were alerted arsenic a precaution and placed into lockdown to corroborate the information of unit and students arsenic efforts were made to find this man.

"A 40-year-old antheral from Farnborough has been arrested connected suspicion of making threats to kill.

"He remains successful custody. No explosive devices person been located arsenic a effect of this arrest.

"Local schools person been informed that determination is nary longer immoderate menace and they tin present travel retired of lockdown."

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