Armed gang threaten students at Lancashire college

Teenager injured after knife-wielding group enter Runshaw campus

Runshaw College
Gang believed to have travelled from Manchester to launch attack at Runshaw College in Leyland
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Six people have been arrested after a knife-wielding gang launched an attack on students at a sixth form college in Lancashire on Monday.

The violence broke out after around a dozen people pulled up in three cars at Runshaw College in Leyland at 4pm and “began shouting and confronting students” outside the building, reports the Manchester Evening News. A 17-year-old boy received a cut to his arm during the incident.

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