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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Hannah Rodger & Sean McPolin

UK pupils told to hide under desks with classroom door locked as part of terrorism drill

Parents have expressed their concern after their children were made to hide under tables as part of a terrorism drill.

The staged lockdown took place at Ellon Academy in Aberdeen and was thought up by head teacher Pauline Buchan.

The drill saw children hide under desks and be told about an intruder alarm, after an incident at the head's previous school in 2012.

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