Kesgrave student injured in reported shooting

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A teenager has been involved in a reported shooting on the way to school.

Officers were called just after 08:40 BST to the Through Jollys and Friends Walk areas of the Grange Farm estate in Kesgrave, Suffolk.

A police cordon has been put in place and a person was seen receiving medical treatment at the scene.

Kesgrave High School said in a tweet it had been told the incident involved one of its Year 11 students.

It said the pupil was on the way to school at the time.

Image caption Police cordoned off a road in Kesgrave

The school said in a statement: "Students in school are safe and we are managing the situation in constant, close communication with the police."

An Essex and Herts Air Ambulance landed on a grass area and took off just before 10:00.

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