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# Armed police respond as Plymouth schools 'locked down' amid knife report
- URL: https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/armed-police-respond-as-schools-locked-down-in-plymouth/
- Published: 2026-01-08T14:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-12T11:11:15.000Z
- Author: Seamus McCoy
- Tags: Honicknowle, News, #editors-picks

Schools have been ‘locked down’ this afternoon amid a report of a young person believed to be in possession of a knife.

Police say they were called at 10.50am today to [Honicknowle](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/honicknowle/) following a third hand report of a young person possibly in possession of a knife.

Plymouth Plus understands that both All Saints Academy and Shakespeare Primary School were locked down as a result.

At least three armed response vehicles have been seen at All Saints Academy this afternoon.

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