School urgently closed with parents warned to keep their kids away as armed cops deal with ‘serious incident’
A PRIMARY school has closed while armed police deal with a “serious” incident nearby.
Officers raced to a property in Skegness, Lincolnshire, at around 11.30pm last night and remain on the scene today.
Richmond School, which is one street over, is closed until further notice and parents have been urged to stay away.
Deputy headteacher Ricki Danks said: “There is a serious incident currently occurring on one of the local streets near to school.
“School will be closed today. Please do not bring your children to school.
“We apologise for the late notice; police officers have just arrived at school to advise us to close until the incident is resolved.”
A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “We are currently in attendance at a property in Tennyson Green in Skegness.
“Firearms officers were deployed to the premises at around 11.30pm on January 24 and will remain on scene this morning.
“Our presence may cause some traffic disruption in the area, and we will be contacting nearby businesses and organisations in due course.
“This is an ongoing incident, and we will release more information when we can.”