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A school was forced to go into lockdown by a gang wearing ‘balaclavas’ and carrying ‘weapons’. ‌

The incident occurred at Shireland Hall Primary Academy in Montague Road, Smethwick yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, October 7. ‌

Masked men were said to have entered the school’s playground and ‘threatened children and teachers’. ‌

A parent told BirminghamLive : “Some of the kids saw the group of men wearing balaclavas and with baseball bats in the hands and potentially other weapons.

“The kids have been traumatised and some of the parents have refused to send their kids to school today, Wednesday, October 8, as the gang were heard saying ‘they will come back tomorrow’.”

Children were said to have been told to ‘hide under their desks’. ‌

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