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Sons reported to police by school over toy guns
Two boys, aged 5 and 7 at the time, were reported over fears of radicalisation 'because they had toy guns'. The boys were segregated from classmates and spoken to by police after concerns were raised by teachers that they could in fact be real guns.
Both the Home Office and police strongly stress officers were not called to the school in a 'Prevent capacity', and Central Bedfordshire Council have apologised to the family and paid compensation.
'Kay', not her real name, believes it would not have happened if her children had been white. She spoke to Shazia about the ordeal.
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