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| Three held after school shooting | |
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| Three people, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested after a shooting at a County Antrim school. | |
| Police said an air rifle was fired into the playground of Dunclug College about lunchtime. No one was injured. A sectarian motive has been ruled out. | |
| A boy was later arrested on suspicion of firearms offences. Two males, aged 17 and 40, were also arrested. | |
| The school principal said about 30 or 40 pupils were in the playground at the time and had to be moved elsewhere. | |
| Ruth Wilson said at least one metal pellet had struck the door of a gym during the incident at about 1310 BST. | |
| Searches | |
| "There were around 30 or 40 children out during 'junior' lunch involving mostly 12-year-olds. Most of the pupils were still inside getting their lunch," she said. | |
| "We immediately cleared the playground without panic and thankfully, to our knowledge, no one was hurt. The children were moved to the other playground and police were called straight away. | |
| "We believe the pellet was fired from outside the school fence from the direction of the Doury Road estate. There is no evidence to suggest they were firing towards any child." | |
| She said that none of the children had to go home after the incident and there was no trauma. | |
| "At our regular Wednesday assembly we will mention this tomorrow to reassure people that no one was hurt," said Mrs Wilson. | |
| The PSNI carried out searches in the area on Tuesday evening. |