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Brief Lockdown at Derby Cathedral School After Arrest by Armed Police

Police call the case a domestic matter with no weapon recovered.

Overview

  • Armed officers responded on Great Northern Road after reports of a man with a possible weapon just before 3pm Tuesday, as pupils were due to leave.
  • Police arrested a man in his 30s from Derby at the scene.
  • Officers reported no weapon, threats, or injuries, and they said there was no risk to the public.
  • Pupils at a nearby school were briefly held inside until officers completed the arrest.
  • Police are treating it as a domestic incident, with the suspect held on suspicion of common assault, coercive and controlling behaviour, and false imprisonment.