An Enfield primary school is in a state of lockdown as police hunt for Bushey ‘murder’ main suspect Kyle Clifford. St Michael’s C.E. Primary School in Enfield is the scene of a search for the 26-year-old.
Headteacher Jade-Simone Bacon told PA: “We’ve locked both buildings and just kept the children inside. So we’ve not had them on the field or the playground. It’s not a lockdown as in under the desks or hidden or anything, it’s just a lighter lockdown.
“We have just kept them within the building as though it were like a wet playday so we don’t cause the children any distress and we keep everything as calm as possible.”
Speaking to Sky News, she said that police visited to reassure staff and students earlier, and that teachers were told to “continue as normal as possible”. She added that police are “doing as much as they can”.
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Sky News added it is also alleged that one other school, Bright Horizons Enfield Hilly Fields Day Nursery and Preschool, 17 miles away, is keeping children inside. Chief Superintendent Jon Simpson said in a press conference today that the attack took place last night in Ashlyn Close, Bushey, Hertfordshire.
He said: “Our overarching objective today is to protect public safety and to locate Kyle Clifford, who is wanted in connection with the murder of the three women in what we believe is a targeted incident. We have extensive police resources deployed to various locations in north London and also the Bushey area.
“The manhunt also involves armed police officers and specialist search teams responding at pace in the wake of what has been a horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow, but other weapons may also have been used.”
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