A PRIMARY school was locked down and flooded with armed police this afternoon after a man reportedly armed with a knife tried to attack a parent in the playground.
Parents surrounded the Lilly Lane Primary School in Manchester and “screamed” for their children who were locked inside for around 45 minutes.
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It is understood the suspect attempted to attack a parent during an altercation, before producing a knife at around 3pm at the school on Kenyon Lane in the Failsworth area.
Pictures and videos showed police vehicles arriving with blue lights on, and scores of parents waiting outside the locked school gates.
One mum, who said her daughter was locked indoors for 45 minutes, said: “My partner had gone to pick my daughter up from school and he was gone for ages.
“He came back saying they wouldn’t let her or the students out and that the police were there.”
“I got there and there were armed police and everything.
“The gates were locked, the school was on lockdown and they weren’t letting anyone in or out.”
A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called to reports of a man with a knife at a primary school on Kenyon Lane in Moston at around 3pm this afternoon (Thursday 22 January 2025).
“Armed officers quickly attended the school and as a precaution, the school was put into lockdown.
“Thankfully, no one was injured.
“A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted assault.
“Enquiries into the incident remain ongoing.”
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