Boy, 17, injured as masked knife gang storm College

A 17-year-old boy was injured when a violent gang stormed a Lancashire college and threatened students with knives.

Staff at Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire, called police at 10.40am on Monday after they received an anonymous report stating a group with weapons was heading to the college by train from Manchester.

Officers were immediately sent to the school and shortly before 4 pm, they saw a group of around 12 people walking into the school while students were leaving.

Lancashire Police said the group started “shouting at and confronting students”.  Some of them had knives. A 17-year-old boy was cut on his arm during the incident and was taken to Chorley Hospital. His injury is not thought to be serious.

“No one else was injured during the melee,” the Lancashire Police force said.

The group ran off from the college when police patrols arrived.

Six people have been arrested in relation to the knife crime. Three people who were inside a parked Nissan Micra close by were arrested. A fourth person who made off on foot was also arrested. A Peugeot 306 was later stopped on the M55 and a fifth person was arrested. Later on Monday evening, a sixth arrest was made.

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