Police continue to question 18-year-old suspect and say incident is not being treated as terrorism
Armed police at Crawley College on Monday after reports of gunshots. Two staff members suffered minor injuries but it is unclear whether shots were fired. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Armed police at Crawley College on Monday after reports of gunshots. Two staff members suffered minor injuries but it is unclear whether shots were fired. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Tue 27 Apr 2021 08.45 EDT
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Students and staff at a college where a man was arrested amid fears of a gun attack are to be offered counselling as police continued to question the suspect.
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Chief Superintendent Howard Hodges said officers were in contact with counter-terrorism police and “all lines of inquiry are open”.
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Chief Superintendent Howard Hodges said officers were in contact with counter-terrorism police and “all lines of inquiry are open”. Students and staff at a college in England were evacuated following reports of gunshot fire on Monday. Two staff members suffered minor injuries, which police said were not gunshot wounds.
Police said they detained an 18-year-old man and seized a firearm and a knife after the incident at Crawley College in West Sussex, about 32 miles (51 km) south of London. The man remained in police custody.