School Lockdown: Incident near School in Sherborne, Dorset
Knife-wielding teenager causes Sherborne Preparatory School to go into lockdown
After several sightings of a teenager wielding a knife were reported in Sherborne, armed police were called to carry out a search, with the nearby school going into precautionary lockdown.
Children at the school were the first to see the teenager at around 1:40pm on Tuesday 18th September, with sightings then following in the town centre.
Dorset Police have confirmed that a 17-year-old boy was arrested, after being held on suspicion of possessing a bladed article in a public place, in addition to public order offences. No-one was harmed during the incident.
The head teacher of Sherborne Preparatory School, Nick Folland, said "A youth had been observed acting suspiciously and suspected of carrying a knife on the lane adjacent to the prep school. As a precautionary measure the prep school enacted its lock down procedure and informed parents of the incident and its management."
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