School closed in armed police stand-off in Coventry

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A man believed to be with a child has refused to come out of a home in Coventry, police say.

Roads and a primary school are closed while armed officers remain in a stand-off with a man in a Coventry house.

"We talk to [officers] as and when we can," she said. "Then we're just keeping an eye on the news to see what's going on."

 

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Yes the headline is awful - but it is correct. As for the armed police, that's normal for siege type situations, we should remember our police are exceptionally well trained, armed officers even more so. I think negotiators are in same unit as well. Fingers crossed

My mind lurched right back to the attack in a primary school when a teacher lost her life protecting her pupils from a knife attack... And this headline turns out to be an attention seeking one as the school is closed for safety rather than an attack in the school. Naughty that

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