A gang of men wearing "balaclavas" and wielding "weapons" have forced the lockdown of a UK school. The gang entered Shireland Hall Primary Academy in Smethwick in the West Midlands yesterday afternoon ...

A gang wearing ‘balaclavas’ and carrying ‘weapons’ forced a school to go into lockdown. It happened at Shireland Hall Primary Academy in Montague Road, Smethwick yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, October ...

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, ...

An armed gang "wearing balaclavas" broke into a West Midlands school, with staff forced to initiate a lockdown. Emergency services were called to Shireland Hall Primary Academy in Montague Road, ...

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