Metropolitan Police officers were given extra powers to disperse schoolchildren in south-east London yesterday over fears they would ‘target Tesco‘ in a mass raid.
A Section 35 Order lasting from 2pm until midnight was issued for Woolwich, London, and parents at several Greenwich area schools received messages warning of a ‘meet up’, after a social media post went viral on TikTok.
The post, shared by ‘Woolwich Links’ detailed a ‘meetup and route plan’ for the teens, which included a stop at McDonald’s and Tesco’s.
The social media post also added instructions to the schoolchildren to ‘Stay with the group’, ‘Respect the area’, ‘Keep
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