Armed police officers are hunting a knifeman seen outside a school in Gloucester, as one boy has been reported injured.

Emergency services were called following reports of a fight in Chalford Road, close to St Peter’s High School in Tuffley, shortly after 8.50am on Friday morning.

A boy has reportedly been taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Officers are now searching for a man seen holding a ‘long-bladed’ knife, who is understood to have fled from the scene.

There is understood to be no ongoing threat at the school and pupils are safe within school grounds, Gloucestershire Police said in a statement. 

Armed police officers are hunting a knifeman seen outside St Peter’s High School in Tuffley, Gloucester, on Friday morning

St Peter’s High School has now been placed into lockdown, alongside nearby Willow Primary Academy, BBC News reported. 

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